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Agricultural Experience

           Thisthoughtranlonginmyhead,andIwasexceedingfondofitforsometime,thepleasantnessoftheplacetemptingme; butwhenIcametoanearerviewofit,andtoconsiderthatIwasnowbytheseaside,whereitwasatleastpossiblethatsomethingmighthappentomyadvantage, and,bythesameillfatethatbroughtmehither,mightbringsomeotherunhappywretchestothesameplace; andthoughitwasscarceprobablethatanysuchthingshouldeverhappen,yettoenclosemyselfamongthehillsandwoodsinthecentreoftheisland,wastoanticipatemybondage,andtorendersuchanaffairnotonlyimprobable,butimpossible;andthatthereforeIoughtnotbyanymeanstoremove. 

           However,IwassoenamoredofthisplacethatIspentmuchofmytimethereforthewholeremainingpartofthemonthofJuly; andthough,uponsecondthoughts,Iresolvedasabove,nottoremove,yetIbuiltmealittlekindofbower,andsurroundeditatadistancewithastrongfence,beingadoublehedgeashighasIcouldreach,wellstaked,andfilledbetweenwithbrushwood. AndhereIlayverysecure,sometimestwoorthreenightstogether,alwaysgoingoveritwithaladder,asbefore; sothatIfanciednowIhadmycountry-houseandmysea-coasthouse; andthisworktookmeuptothebeginningofAugust. 

           Ihadbutnewlyfinishedmyfence,andbegantoenjoymylabor,buttherainscameon,andmademestickclosetomyfirsthabitation; forthoughIhadmademeatentliketheother,withapieceofasail,andspreaditverywell,yetIhadnottheshelterofahilltokeepmefromstorms,noracavebehindmetoretreatintowhentherainswereextraordinary. 

           AboutthebeginningofAugust,asIsaid,Ihadfinishedmybower,andbegantoenjoymyself. The3rdofAugustIfoundthegrapesIhadhungupwereperfectlydried,andindeedwereexcellentgoodraisinsofthesun; soIbegantotakethemdownfromthetrees. 

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