His opinion of the Prussians was that they are a compost of beer, deceit, and sand.

April 14, 1760, he writes in his diary: "Mixed my composts in a box with the apartments in the following manner, viz.

It would be well, if we accepted these gifts with more joy and gratitude, and did not think it enough simply to put a fresh load of compost about the tree.

A good compost for this greenhouse evergreen shrub is two parts sandy loam, one part leaf-mould, and a little silver sand.

It will but skin and filme the Vlcerous place, Whil'st ranke Corruption mining all within, [Sidenote: whiles] Infects vnseene, Confesse your selfe to Heauen, Repent what's past, auoyd what is to come, And do not spred the Compost or the Weedes, [Sidenote: compost on the] To make them ranke.

At this consultation it was decided that it would be better to finish the picking up of a considerable plot of ground, one of at least half an acre in extent, that was already commenced, within the crater, scatter their compost over it, and spade all up together, and plant, mixing in as much of the sea-weed as they could conveniently spade under.