4 DUBLIN. 



iemont's villa at Marino, near the city, where 

 his Lordfhip has formed a pleafing lawn, 

 margined in the higher part by a well-planted 

 thriving fhrubbery, and on a riling ground a 

 banqueting room, which ranks very high 

 among the mod beautiful edifices I have any 

 where feen; it has much elegance, lightnefs, 

 and efTecl, and commands a fine profpecl ; 

 the fifing ground on which it ftands Hopes 

 off to an agreeable accompanyment of wood, 

 beyond which, on one fide, is Dublin har- 

 -bour, which here has the appearance of a 

 noble river crowded with fhips moving to 

 and from the capital. On the other fide is 

 a fhore fpotted w 7 ith white buildings, and 

 beyond it the hills of Wicklow, prefenting 

 an outline extremely various. The other 

 part of the view (it would be more perfect 

 if the city was planted out) is varied, in fome 

 places nothing but wood, in others, breaks 

 of profpect. The lawn, which is extenfive, 

 is new grafs, and appears to be excellently 

 laid down, the herbage a fine crop of white 

 clover, (trifolium repens), trefoile, rib-grafs, • 

 (plantage lanceolata), and other good plants. 

 Returned to Dublin and made inquiries into 

 other points, the prices of provisions, &c. 

 (for which fee the tables at the end of the 

 book . The expenfes of a family in propor- 

 tion to thofe of London are, as 5 to 8. 



Having the vear following lived more than 

 two months in Dublin, I am able to fpeak 

 to a few points, which, as a mere traveller I 



could 



