ARBELLA. 121 



September 30th, took my leave of Mucrufs, 

 and pafling through Killarney, went to Caftle 

 Ifland. In my way to Arbella, crofTed a hilly 

 bog of vaft extent, from one to fix or fevcn feet 

 deep, as improvable as ever I faw, covered with 

 bog myrtle (myricagale) and coarfe grafs : it 

 might be drained at very little expenle, being- 

 almoft dry at prefent. It amazed me to fee 

 fuch vaft trails in a ftate of nature, with a fine 

 road pairing through them. 



To Mr. BlennerhafTet, member for the coun- 

 ty, I am indebted for every attention to -.\ards 

 my information. About Caftle liland the land 

 is very good, ranking among the beft in Kerry. 

 From that place to Arbella, the land is as good 

 as the management bad, every field over- run 

 with all kinds of rubhifh, the fences in ruins, 

 and no appearance but of defolation : they 

 were mowing fqme fine crops of hay, which I 

 fuppofe will be made in the fnow. The fol- 

 lowing is the ftate of hufbandry about Arbella. 



The foil, from Caftle Iftand to Tralee, is 

 from a guinea to a guinea and a half; it is all 

 a rich lime-done land : forne about Tralee at 

 3!. los. 104!. 43. About Arbella I went over 

 ipme exceeding fine reddifh fandy and gravelly 

 loam, a prodigioufly fine foil : fern (ptcris aqui- 

 lina) the fpontaneous growth, which I remark- 

 ed in Ireland to be a fure iign of excellent land. 

 Two thirds of the county is mountain, which 

 runs at no great rent, being thrown into the 

 bargain. Six parts in ieven of the whole 



mountain 



