He purchased no machinery whilst in this small placewhich was chiefly grass landwith the exception of a second-hand haymaking machine.

Now, in the haymaking season, he had tried his hand with the scythebut he was no master hand at that, no.

It was drowned in peace and quiet, as the river reeds were drowned In the water clear as crystal, flowing by with scarce a sound; And the air was like a posy with the sweet haymaking smells, And the Roses and Sweet-Williams and Canterbury Bells.

The Misses , whose papa is well-to-do, and simply rides round on horseback to speak to the men with his steam-plough, could not possibly demean themselves to acknowledge the existence of the young men who actually handle a fork in the haymaking time.