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of the river, chiefly under a variety of fine 

 wood, Which rifes on varied (lopes, in fome 

 parts' gentle, in others fteep -, fpreading here 

 and there into cool meadows, on the oppofite 

 fhore, rich banks of wood or fhrubby ground. 

 The walk is perfectly fequeftered, and has 

 that melancholy gloom which fhould ever 

 dwell in fuch a place. The river is of a 

 character perfectly fuited to the reft of the 

 fcenery, in fome places breaking over rocks ; 

 in others filent, under the thick fhade of 

 fpreading wood. Leaving Lucan, the next 

 place is Leixlip, a fine one, on the river, 

 with a fall, which, in a wet feafon, is con- 

 siderable. Then St. Wolrtans, belonging to 

 the dean of Derry, a beautiful villa, which 

 is alfo on the river; the grounds gay and 

 open, though not without the advantage of 

 much wood, difpofed with judgment. A 

 winding fhrobbery quits the river, and is 

 made to lead through fome dreffed ground 

 that is pretty and chearful. 



Mr. Conclly's, aiCaftle-town, to which all 

 travellers refbrt, is the fineft houfe in Ire- 

 land, and not exceeded by many in England- 

 it is a large handfome edifice, iituated in the 

 middle of an extenfive lawn, which is quite 

 furrounded with fine plantations difpofed lo 

 the be ft advantage: to the north, the fe unite 

 into very large woods, through which many 

 winding walks lead, with the convenience of 

 feveral ornamented feats, rooms, &c. On 



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