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Excerpt from Memoir of Mary Whitall Our grandmother always spoke of her birth place with much affection, and her early letters reveal the enjoyment she found in the simple, rural life passed there The farm' contained three hundred and thirty-three acres. In one part of it, the ditch and fence of the old deer park, from which it was named, were still visible. Around the house, stiff lombardy pop lars and large sycamore and weeping-willow trees cast a pleasant shade, while numerous bushes of sweet roses added to its attractions. Behind the house was a large garden with fruits and vegetables, and old-fashioned peren nial owers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.