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cimens remained till very lately in this kingdom, “ At Bally- 
“ beggan, in the county of Kerry (fays Dr. Smith) there are 
* fome good old improvements which efeaped the univerfal de- 
* vaftations of the times, particularly fome fine avenues of wal- . 
“ nut, chefnut and other trees; with a large old, but thriving 
“ orchard, planted in a rich limeftone ground, beneath which 
“ are feveral fubterraneous chambers, lined with ftala¢titical 
“ exfudations *.” The fame author informs us, that at Bangor 
in the county of Down, “ there are gardens which are large 
‘ and handfome, and filled with noble ever-greens of a great 
“ fize, cut in various fhapes.” At Lifterne, in the county of 
Waterford, we are alfo informed by Dr. Smith, that “ there 
‘“ was a large and beautiful canal, at the further end of which 
“ is a jet d'eau that caft up water to a confiderable height +.” 
And a learned friend, in a letter now before me, fays, that he 
faw fome years fince, in the county of Cork, a very old garden 
carefully preferved, which he thus defcribes: “ It confifted of 
“ fourteen acres enclofed with an high wall; two acres were ap- 
“* propriated to a nut-grove, It had a large fifh-pond, a bathing 
“ houfe, monftrous high yew-hedges, and fome laurel ones; 
“¢ thefe were cut into fantaftical forms, obfcuring the rays of the 
“ fun. Here were alfo large grafs plats in various figures.” Nor 
fhould I omit the penfile gardens of Thomas-town in the county 
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* Hift. of County Kerry. Subterranean ftru€tures of high antiquity abound im Ireland; but 
sthe vaults at Ballybeggan were probably coeval with the gardens, and built in imitation of the 
-ancient Englifh bower. Rofamond’s bower is fuppofed to ‘have been of that kind. See Anecd. of 
Paint. in Engl. vol. iy. p. 263. 
+ Hif, of Count. Waterf. 
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