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32 a garden of six or seven acres; which is cultivated by the old men of the house, and produces an abundant supply of vegetables. The governor purchases the wheat, at market, from harvest till March or April, for the whole year; it is ground into meal by a mill belonging to the house: and is made into bread, unsifted even from the bran, a kind of bread commonly eaten in all farmers', and most gentlemen's houses, in Norfolk.

All the meat is purchased in the animal, and killed in the house. There are several manufactories established in the house; and all articles of their wearing apparel are made by the poor themselves; the whole establishment being managed with economy, but with sufficient plenty.

From the above account it may be supposed that the poor of those hundreds are upon the whole well taken care of, and made