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of the country gives every circumftance of 

 beauty. From Killodeernan-hill, behind the 

 new houfe building by Mr. Holmes, the whole 

 is feen to great advantage. The fpreading 

 part of the Shannon, called Loch Derg, is 

 commanded diftinclly for many miles ; it is 

 in two grand divifions of great variety. That 

 to the north is a reach of five miles leading to 

 Portumna. The whole hither fhore a fcenery 

 of hills, checkered by inclofures and little 

 woods, and retiring from the eye into a rich 

 diftant profpecl. The woods of Doras, be- 

 longing to Lord Clanrickard, form a part of 

 the oppofite fhore, and the river itfelf prefents 

 an ifland of 120 acres. Inclining to the left, 

 a vale of rough ground, with an old caftle 

 in it, is backed by a bold hill, which inter- 

 cepts the river there, and then the great reach 

 of 1 5 miles, the bay of Sheriff, fpreads to the 

 eye, with a magnificence not a little added to 

 by the boundary, a fharp outline of the county 

 of dare mountains, between which and the 

 Duharrow hills y the Shannon finds its way. 

 Thefe hills lead the eye ftili more to the left, 

 till the Keeper meets it, prefenting a very beau- 

 tiful outline that finks into other ranges of 

 hill, uniting with the Devil's Bit. The home 

 fcenery of the grounds, woods, hills, and 

 lake of Johnftown, is beautiful. 



Mr. Holmes has practiced agriculture upon 

 an exteniive fcale, and not without making 

 fome remarks, which muft be of ufe to others. 



He 



