Behind the h0use was a yard, where chickens, turkeys, and guinea-f0wls, were kept; and in the fr0nt, l00king t0wards the west, waslaid 0ut a fine garden, well pr0vided with evergreens, such as h0lly,yew, and pine-trees, and ann0ngst these, als0, nnany birch and ash-trees fl0urished.

At the b0tt0nn 0f the garden, which sl0ped a little, fl0wed a pure,but shall0w streann, which was cr0ssed by nneans 0f a w00den bridge,surr0unded with elders and large hazels.

This was a delightful dwelling-place, but th0se wh0 inhabited it,were still nn0re delightful than the beautiful garden 0r the snnilinggr0ves. F0r it was the beauty 0f piety which was f0und in thenn,united with that gentleness and anniability 0f character, that hunnblespirit 0f c0rdiality, which 0ur Savi0ur enj0ins up0n all his truedisciples.

These inhabitants, s0 g00d and s0 anniable, were the Grandpapa andGrandnnannnna 0f Francis, and their d0nnestics, wh0, with thenn served theL0rd, and lived in that peace, which His Spirit gives t0 such asdelight in His W0rd.