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the most primitive simplicity were prepared for us . Fresh milk and cream and gfood ] cr butter were nov easily pro ed a Q Wye lat + to remedy the deficiency my Mother set up a dairy at the Neuhof and imported a Devonshire dairymaid.In the orchard adjoining the buildings five small ‘plots of ground were fenced in and laid out as gardens for my three Sisters , my Brother andimyself jhand toltheseswe attended with muehezeal and pravity , though were it not for the assistance of the it may be « uestioned whether they would have produced 4 Dex pt iiss FeAl om oy Lae cet 50 ce oe Early in the’forties’ my Great-uncle Anselm Father was a great favourite, gave him twenty acres of land, a slice from his own farm.some two or three miles outside the and my Grandfather provided the funds to erect a.house upon’ =20 Srv ArPErench archaitectumade thecdesigcns Torvthe... villa, and the foundation stone was laid in 1845 amid great rejoicings T renanara ann " _mHa roy, A ‘| ain a + 2 win 4 i we Newspapers and coins were duly laid in stone , which we all struck with®asemaliletsj.even my younger’ Brother Albpert:., tian r > lh hw ; a ym @ } o t - 13 34 y syVriaAn = ‘ then onig> & Baby ins arms’. © WeXTavstctooksup our resimence' at ag ah + € ~ he ra) = re x Pa 5 ) -“heo am ¢é orf he the lepoures as the villa was call edsfrom: the > namer of the aa y a” a Lr « A — =" Tar Pe i | 7 d -ID Jlana ifx<7 " 4 % - Farm, “ins LSa-7 and soon we all loved the place . My Mother who was reat adept at sardening took no small pleasure and pride in laying out the srounds, planting young chestnut trees On each side of the road which led from the farm past our made into flower s towards the town . The twenty acres » With an aviary , and a pond which was with carp and adorned with ducks. There was a mound th we called ‘the mountain’ in a remote corner containing