His Grandpapa lived in a pretty home, roofed with slates, andsurrounded with a verandah, in which were seats, and between eachseat, some flower-pots. Jessamine and roses entwined themselvesaround the verandah, and adorned it with elegant festoons of flowers.

Behind the home was a yard, where chickens, turkeys, and guinea-fowls, were kept; and in the front, looking towards the west, waslaid out a fine garden, well provided with evergreens, such as holly,yew, and pine-trees, and amongst these, also, many birch and ash-trees flourished.

At the bottom of the garden, which sloped a little, flowed a pure,but shallow stream, which was crossed by means of a wooden bridge,surrounded with elders and large hazels.