MD3PAD 331-333

[Toby G Levy]

        Mrs. Harland is worried about her vegetable patch on their farm,
but Mr. Harland is overjoyed at the arrival of the astronomers.  He
says that if they need to use the vegetable patch, then he will buy his
vegetables that year rather than grow them. But Mason and Dixon have no
intention of ruining their garden.

        They explain to John Harland that exactly fifteen miles south of
his farm they will be establishing the zero point, or beginning, of the
west line that will become the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland.

        Dixon admits that they attempted to set up at a larger farm
owned by Mr. Tumbling, but the farmer fired a rifle at them.

        Harland visits the Astronomers at night and they give him a
lesson in Astronomy. He seems a appreciative student.  He says the
neighbors think that Mason and Dixon use their instruments to look into
the future.

        When it comes time to move the observatory fifteen miles to the
south, to the farm of Alexander Bryant, Harland decides to join the crew
working with the Astronomers and he is offered five shillings a week. He
tells his wife to take care of the farm while he is gone.

Toby