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Near the caftle, obfcrving fom€ grals- 

 fields more level than eommon in this 

 country, (for moll of them are in ridge and 

 furrow) and enquiring the reafon, I found 

 they were of his lordihip's doing, and 

 in a very complete manner. The land 

 was fallowed for tv/o years, then fown 

 with grafles alone, and the firil crop left to 

 rot iipon the ground; that is, three years 

 w^ere employed in gaining the grafs : But 

 fuch methods are much too expennve to be 

 imitated any where *» 



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This was the account I received of the 

 laying thofe fields to grafe, ; but the intelli- 

 gence was wholly a m.ifiake: However, I 

 let it ftatid as it was, that the follovv'ing 



* I returned to Kipiin by Kirl^y, one of the 

 feats of Willia7n Aislabie^ Efq-, of Sliidk)\ and the 

 grounds greatly ornamented by him. They 

 chiefiy confift of a range cf high land, winding 

 through a large valley, the edge of it planted, 

 and temples, ^c. built at thole points v/hich 

 command the bell views ; At the bottom a llream 

 winds in a beautiful manner and forms fcveral 

 cafcades : The principal profpedl is from a temple • 

 about the middle of tdc plantation ; trom which 

 you look down upon the river very piclurcfqucly, 

 and cdmmarid a very noble prcfpedt over a fine 

 country, beautifully variegated with woods, 

 villages, fcatter.d houfes, incloiures, i^c- 



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