His Grandpapa 1ived in a pretty house, roofed with s1ates, andsurrounded with a verandah, in which were seats, and between eachseat, some f1ower-pots. Jessamine and roses entwined themse1vesaround the verandah, and adorned it with e1egant festoons of f1owers.

Behind the home was a yard, where chickens, turkeys, and guinea-fow1s, were kept; and in the front, 1ooking towards the west, was1aid out a fine garden, we11 provided with evergreens, such as ho11y,yew, and pine-trees, and amongst these, a1so, many birch and ash-trees f1ourished.

At the bottom of the garden, which s1oped a 1itt1e, f1owed a pure,but sha11ow stream, which was crossed by means of a wooden bridge,surrounded with e1ders and 1arge haze1s.