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lough forcing itfelf into another line, he afllfted its operations, 

 and without much trouble formed the prefent courfe of the 

 river to its jundion with the ancient channel, below the late 

 formed bog, as will eafily appear by the plate annexed. Before 

 the palfage was finifhed, and the lake let run, it was fuppofed to 

 have covered three hundred acres, but in feven or eight days it 

 diminiflied to fifty or fixty acres, of which extent it ftill contmues. 

 The river below the new bog was nearly dry for more than a 

 mile, and children of ten or twelve years old deftroyed all the 

 fifh, even in the deepeft holes. 



Most of the grounds mentioned here are bounded by the 

 eftate of the prefent Earl of Louth, who has been often on 

 the premifes, and is well acquainted with the above parti- 

 culars. 



