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ediy, strangers observe, while we are unconscious of 

 it. The hospitality of Irish gentlemen, soon extin- 

 guishes all minor objections to the fare, it so freely and 

 amply furnishes.* 



Whether the musty savour generally taints the hay, 

 grain, or meal, in Ireland^ in all seasons ; I do not 

 know. I speak of the fact in 1785, 1786 ; and my cor- 

 respondent experienced the like unpleasant tang, in 

 1798. Nor do we stand alone, in this experience; 

 and that in seasons less remote. 



Richard Peters. 

 Nov. 12, 1812. 



CONCLUSION. 



Wishing to give every information I could obtain re- 

 specting the FioRiN, about which so much has been 

 said and written in Europe^ I may have been too de- 

 sultory and prolix, as it regards our publication. The 

 conclusion, in my own mind, is, — that upland-farmers 

 will not profit by this grass, unless they devote to it, 

 parts of their watered meadows ; or have swamps, or 

 boggy grounds, intermixed with their farms. This 

 often happens ; — and to those the Fiorin should be ap- 



* I have known many persons here, from habit, fond of our gar- 

 licky butter and milk ; preferring them to all other. The people of 

 some of the islands, (whether owing to a natural, or acquired pro- 

 pensity I know not,) those of Curracoa particularly, were accus- 

 tomed to send orders to JN'ew York and Philadeljihia^ for what they 

 called " hiejh flavoured" i. e. garlicky butter. Our people in 

 general dislike and nauseate it. 



