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marked, that they are not fo ftrong as Englifh 

 hops, owing, perhaps, to want of experience in 

 drying, &c. He manures them every third 

 year. Mr. Aid worth is the only perfon in this 

 country that folds his fheep j he finds the prac- 

 tice very ufeful, but not equal, as obfcrved 

 before, to lime. 



September nth, accompanied Mr. Aid worth 

 and family to his neighbour Mr. Hyde's, on 

 the banks of the Black Water, which are very 

 chearful, and many of the views fine, particu- 

 larly from the yard, of a new church on the 

 river : pafs many large woods in fight. Mr. 

 Hyde's is a place entirely of his own forming. 

 The lawn before the houfe has a very pleafing 

 inequality of furface, and the whole fcenery 

 well improved and cheerful. 



It was with regret I left fo agreeable and li- 

 beral a family as that of Annfgrove, nor fhould 

 I forget to mention that every thing about the 

 place had a much nearer refemblance to an 

 Englifh than an Irifh refidence, where fo many 

 jine places want neatnefi, and where, after great 

 expenfe, fo little is found complete. Mrs. Aid- 

 worth has ornamented a beautiful glen, which 

 winds behind the houfe, in a manner that does 

 honour to her tafte j me has traced her paths 

 fo as to command all the beauties of rock, 

 wood, and a fweet river which glides beneath 

 both : it is a moil agreeable fcenery. 



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