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proximity to Limerick will enable the tenant to draw- 

 three loads a-day of manure from town with the same 

 horses, paying only Is. a load of 30 cwt. for the 

 manure. It, of course, has the same facility for getting 

 away produce. The farm is all in the proprietor's 

 hands ; no one will be dispossessed, and a favourable 

 entry would be given to a suitable tenant. It has been 

 farmed for some years by Sir David, and no expense 

 spared to put it in good order. It will be let on lease 

 for £2, 5s. an Irish acre, (about 28s. an English acre,) 

 the tenant being freed from all rates and taxes. The 

 people are quiet and well disposed ; of this I am assured 

 by Mr Irvine, the bailiff, who is a Scotchman. I can 

 very strongly recommend this farm as being well worth 

 the attention of a tenant with adequate capital. Such 

 a man could not fail to make it answer, as there is no 

 risk of his being swamped by an indefinite increase of 

 taxation. 



At Caherass we breakfasted with Sir David Roche, 

 who is carrying on extensive improvements, judiciously, 

 on his estate, besides working large flour-mills on the 

 river Maig. 



From Caherass, the land is pretty good, to Adare 

 Manor, the residence of the Earl of Dunraven. The 

 ruins of seven abbeys in this demesne are both singular 

 and interesting ; and combined with the beautiful 

 scenery of the park, every part of which is marked by 

 admirable good taste, are highly picturesque. The 

 castle, a modern building, stands on the left bank of the 

 river Maig. It has been nearly all built under the 

 direction, and by the plans, of its noble owner ; and 



