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the road towards the houfe, they lead through 

 a very line glen, by the fide of a ftream fall- 

 ing on a rocky bed, through the dark woods, 

 with great variety on the fides of fteep Hopes, 

 at the bottom of which the LifFey is either 

 heard or feen indifiinctly ; thefe woods are of 

 great extent, and fo near the capital, form a 

 retirement exceedingly beautiful. Lord Irn- 

 ham and Colonel Luttrel have brought in 

 the aliiftance of agriculture to add to the 

 beauties of the place, they have kept a part 

 of the lands in cultivation in order to lay 

 them down the better to grafs ; 1 50 acres 

 have been done, and above 200 acres mofl 

 effectually drained in the covered manner 

 filled with Hones. Thefe works are well 

 executed. The drains are alfo made under 

 the roads in all wet places, with lateral fhort 

 ones to take off the water inftead of leaving 

 it, as is common, to foak againft the caufe- 

 way, which is an excellent method. Great 

 nfe has been made of lime-ftone gravel in 

 the improvements, the efTecl of which is fo 

 confiderable, that in feveral fpots where it 

 was laid on 10 years ago, the fuperiority of 

 the grafs is now fimilar to what one would 

 expect from a frefn dunging. 



Mr. Macfarian the Reward has at fome 

 di fiance from the grounds a farm which he 

 Is bringing into high order. Kis ditches are 

 large, deep, and well cut, and he lias made 

 many drains. Lime he has ufed much, and 

 experimentally againft fpots unlimed, and 



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