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having heard feveral accounts of the tranfac- 

 tion from friends to the farmers, which ac- 

 counts had been received from them ; I wifhed 

 to have Mr. Townfhend's, and with that view 

 called at his houfe, bat unfortunately he was 

 not at home 5 as I miffed him, I (hall only, 

 mention the affair in the light it appeared to 

 me from the particulars I received from differ- 

 ent hands. 



Mr. Townfhend wifhing to improve his ef- 

 tate, a confiderable part of which confided of 

 mountain, but furprizingly full of rocks and 

 flonesj he engaged two Suilex farmers, (Meffrs. 

 Crampe, and Johnfon) to come over to Ire- 

 land, to view the lands in queftion : they both 

 came over, examined the land, and hired a 

 tracl: for fome time at no rent, or a very fmall 

 one, and after that at a rent -named and agreed 

 to. The men returned, fettled their affairs in 

 England, bought very fine horfes, and em- 

 barked all their flock, implements, &c* and 

 came over, under circumftances of great, but 

 ufelefs expence. When they got to the land, 

 houfes and offices were built for them, in a 

 moft complete ftile, and among others, a barn 

 100 feet long, and 37 broad ; an exceedingly ill- 

 judged expence, the refult of bringing merely 

 Englifh (perhaps miftaken in ideas) into the 

 climate of Ireland. 



Thefe buildings being executing at the land- 

 lord's expence, but the tenants drawing the 

 materials, they began the improvement ; and 



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