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The country is well wooded, and has an 

 appearance of fome of the befl parts of Eng- 

 land. 



Walked into Mr. Maurice's fields ; he is a 

 confiderable farmer, buys his fattening cows 

 in May from 3I. to 6 1. 6 s. fells fat from Au- 

 guit to Chriftmas, with 30s. profit: he has 

 laid down a meadow to grafs with fo much 

 care that the expenfe was 10 1. an acre. In 

 one of his fields he fowed red clover, with 

 the third crop of corn, it failed, but an 

 amazing fheet of white clover came, which 1 1 

 law, and was indeed furprifed at fuch a proof 

 of tlie excellency of the foil, even under fuch 

 exceeding bad management; but not a human 

 being that I have met with has any notion of 

 fowing clover with the fir ft crop. 



Returning to Slaine, dined with Mr. Jebb, 

 and viewed the mill, which is a very large 

 edifice, excellently built ; it was begun in 

 1763, andfinifhed in 1766. The water from 

 Boyne is conducted to it by a wear of 

 650 feet Ion?;, 24 feet bafe, and 8 feet high, 

 of folid mafbnry : the water let into it by very 

 complete flood gates. 



The canal is 8co feci long, all faced with 

 itone, and 64 feet wide; on one fide is a 

 wharf completely formed and walled againft 

 the river, whereon are offices of feveral kinds, 

 and a dry dock for building lighters. The 

 mill is 138 feet long, the breadth 54, and the 



height 



