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horfes ; has fome very fine ones. Mr. Jephfon 

 has weighed to the dragoons, at the barracks, 

 from twenty-eight acres of grafs, three and a 

 quarter tons of hay, perEnglifh acre. He has 

 kept a particular account of his domain, and 

 has kept his deer, horfes, cows, houfe, &c. 

 and fold to the amount of 553. an acre befides. 

 I walked to the fpring in the town to drink 

 the water, to which fo many people have long 

 reforted ; it refembles that of Briftol, prefcrib- 

 ed for the fame cafes, and with great fuccefs. 

 In the feafon there are two affemblies a week. 

 Lodgings are five (hillings a week each room, 

 and thofe feemed to be miferably bad. Board 

 thirteen (hillings a week. Thefe prices, in fo 

 cheap a country, amazed me, and would, I 

 fhould fear, prevent Mallow from being 

 fo confiderable as more reafonable rates 

 might make it, unlefs accommodations pro- 

 portionable were provided. There is a 

 fmall canal, with walks on each fide, lead- 

 ing to the fpring, under cover of fome very 

 noble poplars. If a double row of good lodg- 

 ings were erec~led here, with public rooms, in 

 an elegant ftyle, Mallo would probably become 

 a place for amufement, as well as health. 



September i4th, to New Grove, the feat of 

 Robert Gordon, Efq; in whom I met with the 

 greateft zeal for giving rne a correct informati- 

 on. Faffing, at fome diftance, a very large 

 houfe building, to the right of the road, in a 

 good fituation, by Sir Robert Dean. New 

 Grove is an entire new improvement of Mr. 



Gordon's, 



