_Hamlet_, Washington sees performance of, 245. Haw has: constructed at ends of Mansion House, 154; mentioned, 156. Hedgerows, lines of still visible, 64. Hedges: traces of still discernible, 64, 162; history of, 162, 163; _see also "Box hedge_." Henley, Frances Dandridge, marries Tobias Lear, 177. Hessian fly: Washington experiments to protect his wheat from, 95; plays into hands of by early sowing, 106. _Hippopotamus_, dredge used on Delaware River, 103. Hogs: described by Parkinson, 57, 58; Washington's, 131, 145-147; large stock of in 1798, 148. Home,--, his book on farming digested by Washington, 71. _Horse-Hoeing Husbandry_: used by Washington, 71; an epoch-making work, 73. Horses: in Virginia, 53, 54; American described by Parkinson, 54, 55; Washington's stallions, 131; brood mares bought by him, 132; his war horses, 132; thrown from a Narragansett, 133; his worn-out animals, 134; accidents to, 134; his skill as a trainer of described by De Chastellux, 134, 135; losses of in twenty months, 142; number of in 1799, 148. Horticulture, Washington's activities in, 149 et seq. Hounds: Washington builds up a pack of, 258 et seq.; names of some of them, 259; the French hounds, 259 et seq. Humphreys, Colonel: at Mount Vernon, 171; Smith fears he will write a poem, 173; poem of about Washington's slaves quoted, 211. Hunt, Gaillard, on Washington manuscripts in the Library of Congress, 87. Ice house, Washington's, 301, 302. Indentured servants: classes of, 165; Washington's dealings with, 166-168. Jack, Mount Vernon fisherman, 267. Jackasses: Washington's, 137 et seq., 148; stud fees of in 1798, 287. Jackson, Andrew, ushers in an era of whisky drinkers, 300. Jefferson, Thomas: explains why land is misused, 53; agricultural correspondence with Washington, 83; carries bundle of pecan trees to Alexandria for Washington, 159; opposed to slavery, 215. Johnson, John, brings nostrum for fits, 224. Johnston, George, sells land to Washington, 9. "Jolly," a horse, gets leg broken, 134. Jones,--, Washington visits farm of, 113. Knight, Humphrey, manages Mount Vernon, 178. "Knight of Malta," a jackass, his history, 140, 141. Knox, Thomas, one of Washington's English agents, 45, 46.