{"product_id":"2940013640634","title":"The Young Colonists","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA SNOW-DRIFT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe country round Castleton, in Derbyshire, is greatly admired by summer\u003cbr\u003etourists, for it lies in the wildest part of that county; but in winter\u003cbr\u003ethe wind whistles sharply over the bleak hills--where there are no trees\u003cbr\u003eto break its violence,--the sheep huddle under the shelter of the\u003cbr\u003eroughly-built stone walls, and even lovers of the picturesque would at\u003cbr\u003ethat season prefer a more level and wooded country.  The farm of Mr\u003cbr\u003eHumphreys was situated about a mile from Castleton.  It consisted of 100\u003cbr\u003eacres or so of good land in the bottom, and of five or six times as much\u003cbr\u003eupland grazing on the hills.  Mr Humphreys owned as well as farmed his\u003cbr\u003eland, and so might have claimed, had he chosen, the title of\u003cbr\u003egentleman-farmer; but he himself would have scoffed at such an idea.  He\u003cbr\u003ewas a hard-working, practical farmer, about over his ground from morning\u003cbr\u003eto night, save when the hounds met within easy distance in winter; then\u003cbr\u003ehe would mount \"Robin,\" who served alike as hunter, or hack, or to drive\u003cbr\u003ein the neat dog-cart to Buxton market; and, although there were many\u003cbr\u003ehandsomer horses in the field, Mr Humphreys was seldom far off when the\u003cbr\u003efox was killed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis family consisted of his wife and two sons, the eldest, Richard, was\u003cbr\u003eabout fourteen years old.  His brother, John, was three years younger.\u003cbr\u003eBoth went to school at Castleton.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152652157168,"sku":"2940013640634","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013640634_p0.jpg?v=1763583355","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013640634","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}