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owing partly to the expectation, of #n ab- 

 fentee land-tax. 



O&ober 13th, leaving Dundruo, pafTed 

 through Caihel, where is a j-ock and mi* 

 on it, called the rock of Cafhel, fuppofed 

 to be of the remoter! antiquity. Towards 

 Clonmeil, the whole way through the fame 

 rich vein of red fandy loam I have fo often 

 .mentioned: I examined it in feveral fields, 

 and found it to be of an extraordinary fer- 

 tility, and as fine turnip land as ever I 

 faw. It is much under fheep; but towards 

 Clonmeil there is a great deal of tillage. 



The firft view of that town backed by a 

 high ridge of mountains, with a beautiful 

 fpace near it, of inclofures, fringed with a 

 Scattering of trees, was very pleaiing. It is 

 the beft fituated place in the county of 

 Tipperary, on the Sure, which brings up 

 boats of ten tons burthen. It appears to 

 be a bufy populous place, yet I was told 

 that the manufacture of woollens is not con- 

 fiderable. It is noted far being the birth- 

 place of the inimitable Sterne. Within two 

 miles of it is Marletield, the feat of Stephen 

 Moore, Efq; celebrated in Ireland for his 

 uncommon exertions in every branch of 

 agriculture. It was not without the great- 

 eft concern that I found him abfent. See- 

 ing this Gentleman however in London af- 

 terwaixlo, he was kind enough to favour 

 me with the following particulars : 



His 



