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near Birr, southward to Kilboy, near the silver mines 

 at the foot of Keeper Range, a distance of about 

 twenty-five miles, and from Lough Derg to Longford 

 Wood, on the Templemore road, about fifteen or six- 

 miles from west to east. 



"The country is particularly adapted to fox-hunt- 

 ing, being generally a high-lying limestone district, 

 rideable at most seasons, and well studded with coverts, 

 both gorse and woodland, at convenient distances from 

 each other. The country is, generally speaking, a 

 close one, and the fences are so various that a good 

 hunter from Ormond will go well over any other 

 country either in Ireland or England. 



'' The principal covers are Killeen Wood, Walsh 

 Park,Derrybreen, Knockshegowna,Ballincor, Quakers- 

 town, Congort, Sopwell, Knockmacree Wood, Mount- 

 Falcon, Borriswood, Ballyquirk, Slevoir, Kyleanoe 

 Wood, Kilgarvan, Nannie Moran's Rock, Annagh, 

 Castletown, Johnstown Park, Peterfield, Knigh Hill, 

 Ashley Park, Derrinasling, Corlderry, Ballycapple, 

 Ballygibbon, Rapla, Norwood, Debsborough, Kilcole- 

 man, Kylerue, Laughton, Inane, and Longford Wood." 



