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In convevfation on the common people, Mr. 

 Pepper affured me he never found them more 

 difhoneft than in other countries. They would 

 thieve flightly till they found him refolute m 

 punifhin^ all he difcovered • even his turnips 

 have fuffered very little depredation. 



July 20th, to Drogheda, a well built town, 

 active in trade, the Bo, ne bringing {hips to it. 

 It w s market day, and I found the quantity 

 of corn, &c. and the number of people affem- 

 bled very great ± few country markets in Eng- 

 land more thronged. The Rev. Mr. Nefbit, 

 to whom recommended, abfent, which was a 

 great 1 fs to me, as I had feveral enquiries 

 which remained unfatisfied. 



To the field of battle on the Boy ne.-— The 

 view of the fcene from a rifing ground which 

 looks down upon it is exceedingly beautiful, 

 being one of the completed la ndfeapes I have 

 feen. It is a vale, loofing itfelf in front be- 

 tween bold declivities, above which are fome 

 thick woods, and aidant country. Through 

 the vale the river winds and forms an iiland, 

 the point of which is tufted with trees in the 

 prettied manner imaginable j on the other fide 

 a rich fcencry of wood, among which is Doc- 

 tor Norris's houfe.- To the right on a rifing 

 ground on the barks of the river is the obelilk, 

 backed by a very bold declivity; purfued the 

 road till near it, quitted my chaife, and walk- 

 ed to the foot of it. It is founded on a rock 

 which rifes boldly from the river. It is a no- 



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