They are composed of the stumps of large pine-trees, drawn from the soil by machines made for the purpose, and they are so disposed in rows, their roots interlocking, as to form an effectual barrier to the j)assage of any animal on whose account fences arc made. ' The stumps are full of sap (turpentine), and wc were assured, with all the confidence of experience, that these fences would last a thousand years, the turpcutine preserving the woody fibre. One of the stump-machines stood in a field near the road. It was a simple derrick, Avith a large wooden screw hanging from the apex, where its heavy matrix Avas fastened. In the lower end of the screw was a large iron bolt, and at the upper end, or head, a strong lever

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was fastened. The derrick is placed over a stump, and heavy chains are wound round and under the stump and over the iron bolt in the screw. A horse attached to the lever works the screw in such a manner as to draw the stump and its roots clean from the ground. The stump fences formed quite a picturesque feature in the landscape, and at a distance ha-^-e the appearance of masses of deer horns.

It was toward evening when we arrived at Warrensburg, but before sunset we had strolled over the most interesting portions of the village, along the river and its immediate vicinity. Here, as elsewhere, the prevailing drought had diminished the streams, and the Scarron, usually a