Here we are in the open country.

What is the first novelty that strikes the eye ?--the snake fences; and a tickler they would prove to any hot-headed Melton gentleman who might try to sky over them.

They are from six to seven feet high--sometimes higher--and are formed by laying long split logs one over another diagonally, by which simple process the necessity of nails or uprights is avoided; and as wood is dirt-cheap, the additional length caused by their diagonal construction is of no importance;--but, being all loose, they are as awkward to leap as a swing-bar, which those who have once got a cropper at, are not anxious to try again.
It is at all times a cheery thing to go bowling along behind a spicy team, but especially so when traversing a wild and half-cultivated country, where everything around you is strange to the eye, and where the vastness of space conveys a feeling of grandeur; nor is it the less enjoyable when the scenery is decked in the rich attire of autumn, and seen through the medium of a clear and cloudless sky.

Then, again, there is something peculiarly pleasing while gazing at the great extent of rich timbered land, in reflecting that it is crying aloud for the stalwart arm of man, and pointing to the girdle of waving fields which surround it, to assure that stalwart arm that industry will meet a sure reward.

Poverty may well hide her head in shame amid such scenes as these, for it can only be the fruit of wilful indolence.
The farm cottages are all built of wood, painted white, and look as clean and fresh as so many new-built model dairies.