flying about the place. I have found that an Englishman has to learn a great deal in economizing his strength, and at the same time put strength into the blow. The first rule is, never lift the axe behind your shoulders, and bring it down with a sharp, clear stroke, never quite straight.

November 27th.-Instruction class, ie, har-nessing the teams, cleaning harness, and such petty jobs, which must be learnt. We get no pay for this. Did nothing in the afternoon, being a half-holiday; stopped at home and meditated.

Sunday, 28th. - Church. Dinner; Sunday school (teaching). Tea; Tea; church.

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Monday, 29th.-Lectures in the morning; field-work in the afternoon; cattle, grooming, cleaning, feeding, and littering.

November 30th.-Making a ditch along a new road, standing up to my knees in water,

freezing. I said to myself, two or three times in the course of the afternoon, "Everything. must have an end."

December 1st.-Had an extra hour on stock, in lecturing, eight to nine. Yard man in the afternoon, cleaning out stalls, spreading manure, and feeding stock.

December 2nd.-I had what is called the "Boss job," viz. farm clerk; sit by the fire, in the boiling-house, keeping account of tools taken out and brought in, if in proper repair.

December 3rd.-Lectures during the morning. In the afternoon feeding the steam chaff-cutter; a nasty job, on account of the thistles and suffocating dust.

December 4th.--Half-holiday in the morning; skated. In the afternoon I was assistant shepherd; which consists of carrying the food about, etc., but seeing very little of the sheep themselves.

5th. An extraordinary thaw, all day till

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seven, when it froze severely, making everything slippery; it was almost impossible to stand up. I went to church in the morning and evening, and took a class in the Sunday school as usual.

6th.-Turnip pulping in morning. Lectures in afternoon this week. Paid $50 50 cents to College bursar as fees. Thrashing in the experimental farm, where all the specimens of grain are tasted, bottled, and labelled, to the members of the Agricultural Union. I am a member.

7th.-Farm engineer, i.e. filling the engine with water, as of course all the water has to be withdrawn in the night on account of the sharp frost, it is cold work early in the morn

ing; splitting wood for the engine, and making one's self generally useful.

TO HIS MOTHER.

School for Agriculture, Guelph, November 6, 1880.-There is an old Haileybury friend of

mine here. Of all the curious things in the world! He arrived to-night. How we laughed when we met each other. He came to, and left Haileybury at the same time as I did. He is a second-year student, and lives at Montreal. I doubled every one else's marks in the examination, getting 357 out of a possible 400. I am sorry you took so much notice of my first two letters. You must remember I was terribly down-hearted, and not well. Now, I like the College work. Every morning up at 5.30, and I have never found the least difficulty in getting up directly the bell rings, and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed, carry away the slops, etc., before going down to prayers. Is not it curious? Don't you remember how difficult I used to find it, getting out of bed at eight or nine? feel a bit inclined to stay in rings at 5.30, though it is dark.

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Now I don't even bed after the bell If you had seen cellars for four

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hours the day before yesterday, in drenching rain, you would have been surprised. all the foremen and masters very much, though I have been glazing

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they are rough, of course. all the double windows to-day. achy work. Please try and find my "Wilson's Inorganic Chemistry"-I think it is in the play house-and send it. By the bye, Mills said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at all hard up, because he wanted me to buy various text-books for the lectures, and I had to buy red canvas suit, top overalls, etc., so I have put $37 in the savings bank. My dear mother, I have only drank two glasses of beer since I have been in Canada; we can only get to town on Saturday and Sunday, and of course there is no beer up here. We have had two very good football matches since I have been here. I play three-quarter for the College team, and I am one of those comprising the O.A.S. football committee. I like some of the