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the view of the houfe and park is fine, efpeci- 

 ally at the gate which opens to Kilbrack, there 

 the houfe is feen furrouncled by very noble 

 woods and a great variety of cultivated in- 

 clofures intermixed with fields and thickly- 

 planted hedges: the whole fcene fo pleafing, 

 that it appeared to full advantage, though I 

 had rode to it through a beautiful and even-, 

 drefTed country in part of the way from Annf- 

 grove. Near the houfe is a fhrubbery, through 

 which there are paths that lead to different parts 

 of the farm, through new plantations, and in 

 particular to a cottage, from whence there is a 

 fine wooded fcene, with the park lawn rifing 

 above it, fcattered with fingle trees, and bound- 

 ed by a margin of wood ; the whole backed by 

 diftant mountains. The plantations and im- 

 provements which lead to and furrotmd this 

 cottage are the work of Lady Doneraile, and- 

 do credit to her tafte. 



Reflecting his Lordfhip's hufbandry the fol- 

 lowing particulars deferve the attention of the 

 reader. Three years ago he procured ewes from 

 Leiceiterftiire, in order to improve the breed. 

 The fheep which were here before took three 1 

 to a ftone of wool, but now only two, and the 

 wool is to the full as good as ever j and he finds 

 that they are much more thriving and advan- 

 tageous to keep, and eafier fed than the (beep 

 of the country: fheep, his Lordfhip finds the 

 moft advantageous flock of all others : he 

 keeps fix to the acre winter and fummer. This 

 he finds much more profitable than keeping 



cows 



