Digitised Manuscripts and Books

y lime trees from which water was drawn up in 7 Havalmed epy Vv dv buckets , and in front of it was a huge dungheap the bailiff as the apple of his eye. The farmyard also sWarmed with poultry which were allowed to mix promiscuously irrespec- > tive of breed, as the fowls were only kept; to lay eggs,.and . ; ra . a PO were not fit to be eaten . The farm buildings formed theee “m sides of a square , and the feweth consisted of the bailiff's house which looked on the yard and the chestnut avenue. Ee yard was in a perpetual state of bustle and animat- .@) 1d long remained my favourite playground. I could see how the cows were fed or milked , how the: butter was churned , or the Schnaps was distilled. (Carts came in heavily-laden ,the Was stored away in the lofts, the corn was threshed. Then the bull had to be teazed, mice and rats had to be trapped,and cats*= the objectsofimy special aversion = hunted by my dogs ,; much to the annoyance of the bailiff who prized them highly for + they destroyed the vermin . But he always ended by forgiving me and then treated me to thick slices of black bread and a ] he Grtnebourg though near Frankfor + - > sae ¢ ha an . tC might nave peen situated many miles away , and was to all intents and purposes quate in’ thercountry.|. Since then: great changes have taken Place’. The stripling chestnuts have»srown into a:stately aven- ue, the grassland which surrounded the garden has been fenced Ld & in , planted and transformed into a park ; the farm has been i n i pulled down and ranges of glasshouses erected on its site . But for the one side which looks towards the Taunus over lon ches of grass and arable land , the park is surrounded by the