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a mathematician to ſay what figure they deſcribed! To ſave fire, he would walk about the remains of an old green-houſe, or ſit with a fervant in the kichen. — During the harveſt, he would amuſe himſelf with going into the fields to glean the corn on the grounds of his own tenants; and they uſed to leave a little more than common, to pleaſe the old gentleman, who was as eager after it as any pauper in the pariſh — In the advance of the ſeaſon, his morning employment was to pick up any ſtray chips, bones, or other things, to carry to the fire, in his pocket; and he was one day ſurpriſed by a neighbouring gentleman in the act of pulling down a crow's neſt for this purpoſe! On the gentleman expreſſing his ſurpriſe why he gave himſelf that trouble, Oh, Sir, replied he, it is really a ſhame that theſe creatures ſhould be allowed to do ſo. Do but ſee what waſte they make!
He ſtill rode about the country on one of his mares; and always kept her on the ſoft turf adjoining the road, to ſave the expenſe of ſhoes; and, he ſaid, the turf was moſt pleaſant for her foot! And when any gentleman call'd to pay him a viſit, and the boy, who attented in the stables, was profuse enough to put a little hay before his horſe; old Elwes would ſlily ſteal back into the ſtable, and take away the hay very carefully.
To ſave the expence of going to a butcher, he would have a whole ſheep killed and ſo eat mutton to the end of the chapter. — When he occaſionally had his canal drawn, though ſometimes
