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he delighted in watching the progress of his labours — and was anxious to discover new methods of improving fruits and plants, and ascertaining the most approved methods of cultivation. We would frequently find him hastening in the morning to enjoy his garden, and no man can be fond of its fruits and flowers, and the delightful enjoyment which they yield both to eye and ear by their perfumes and colours, without having his heart touched with gratitude to God, their Creator and was evident in every thing around him. — He had a number of canary birds, which he tended with great care and rejoiced as much in their increase as if he had received some great reward, and when the room resounded with their songs, expressive of their joys, their loves and their happiness, he appeared to participate in their innocent delights. We might proceed to mention the interest which he took in the comfort and happiness of all the domestic animals which he kept about him, but we must hasten to a close.