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23 by 18. There are alfo, on this floor, a 

 breakfaiWoom, 23 by 18, and a room for 

 Lord B. of the Tame fize. The firft floor con- 

 firms of fix apartments, one3H by 24, two 24 

 fquare ; a fourth 23 by 19? ; a fifth 20 by 18; 

 a fixth 23 by ig, all 15 high, befides two 

 drefTmg rooms. From the thicknefs of the 

 walls, I fuppofe it is the cuftom to build very 

 fubftantially here. The grounds fall agreea- 

 bly in front of the houfe, to a winding nar- 

 row vale, which is filled with wood, where 

 alfo is a river, which Lord Be&ive intends 

 to enlarge ; and, on the other fide, the lawn 

 fpreads over a large extent, and is every 

 where bounded by very fine plantations. To 

 the right, the town of Kells is piclurefquely 

 fituated, among groups of trees, with a fine 

 waving country and diftant mountains j to 

 the left, a rich trad of cultivation. The 

 plantations are very numerous, more thriv- 

 ing I have no where feen ; the larch, fpruce, 

 and beech, in particular, running beyond the 

 reft, but the bark of all is clear, and there 

 cannot be a better fkn of a tree's health and 

 vigour. 



His Lordfhip tranfplants oaks 20 feet high 

 without any danger, and they appear to thrive 

 perfectly well, but he takes a large ball of 

 earth up with the roots. He confirmed what 

 had been mentioned to me before, that the 

 way to make our own firs equal to foreign, 

 was to cut them in June, and directly to lay 

 them in water for three or four months. This 



was 



