21- KILCOCK. 



top of which the whole fcenery is beheld; 

 the park fpreads on every fide in fine fheets 

 of lawn, kept in the higheft order by nco 

 fheep, fcattered over with rich plantations, 

 and bounded by a large margin of wood, 

 through which is a riding. 



From this building his Grace has another 

 fort of view, not every where to be met with j 

 he looks over a great part of 60,000 acres, 

 which lie around him nearly contiguous ; 

 and Ireland is obliged to him for fpending 

 the revenue on the fpot that produces it. 

 At a fmall diitance from the park is a new 

 town. Manooth, which the duke has built ; 

 it is regularly laid out, and confifts of good 

 houfes. His Grace gives encouragement to 

 fettling in it, confequently it increafes, and 

 he meditates feveral improvements. 



Reached Kilcock. 



June 28th, brcakfafted with Mr. Jones of 

 Dollefiown, who was fo obliging as to an- 

 fwer my enquiries concerning the hufban- 

 dry of his neighbourhood. He informed me, 

 that the town of Kilcock contained fix great 

 diftilleries for making whifky, and that all 

 the wafh and grains were ufed in fattening 

 either hogs or beafts, generally the latter, 

 iibout November they put them to it, and 

 though quite lean, they will be completely 

 fat by Eafter : thofe who are more attentive 



than 



