As I crossed the farmyard behind, my servant, who had been conducting a search on his own, suddenly appeared round the corner of the large barn at the end of the yard, and came towards me.

* [MADAM DUCK enters the farmyard with her new brood of DUCKLINGS.

It goes to all places where rats or mice may be, reconnoitres farmyards, barns and dwelling houses and boldly enters open windows.

The garden, the grotto, the bowling-green, and all the novelty of the spot, greatly diverted his young companions; they visited his farmyard, were introduced to his poultry, rambled over his meadows, and admired his cows, which he had collected with equal care and knowledge.