but where there is running water, there is nice clover. One doesn't graft the trees here. From one kind of seed, all kinds of sweet and sour apples grow. The trees grow quickly and become quite large . People have big orchards here, of all kinds. There are not many pear trees, but one sees many peaches and cherries. If it were not for the heavy damage from birds we think we would also have wine. All kinds of wood grow here, as in Switzerland, but no fir trees. The land as well as the wood is a quite different kind. There are many kinds of wood that we didn't know about before. There are also wild grapes, which grow from seed, and they are good. "frosen" wood "sagt" one "laden." Laurel are plentiful. The country is quite free of troubles from the authorities. Everyone has the same rights, the rich people as well as the poor. There is a parliament, which is over the civil affairs, to which farmers as well as the gentry are elected to one year terms by the majority of votes. They serve for a fixed time, then are replaced. The ones who serve the country well are confirmed again for one year. The unfit ones are removed and others are elected to their places. People seek to receive votes both in the city and country. Thus all of the most fitting officials are chosen for the civil court and the criminal court. They have no more income than the day laborers