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ground, from fome of which there are various 

 views of the lake, and from others it is fo per- 

 fectly excluded, that one would not think water 

 was fo near, a cabbin for a poultryman, a co- 

 vered bench, nod a fpot marked out for a cot- 

 As the boat approached Knockinny, a 

 preity bay opened upon us, round which, on 

 one tide, is a projecting point of wood, and on 

 the other, the hill of Knockinny, with the wood 

 riling up its fide, uniting with that of the point 

 to form one mafs. From the hill the view is 

 very fine- you look down on 1 1. or 12 wooded 

 iilands fcattered over the lake, with others cul- 

 tivated, and the country riling around it. Bei- 

 leiile appears to Hand in the midjft of a very 

 large wood. Thefiih, in this part of the lake, 

 are perch, pike to 401b. trout, eels, bream, <$cc. 

 It is extraordinary that peich fhould appear in 

 all the lakes of Ireland and in the Shannon at 

 the fame time, which was about 17 years ago. 

 Large flights of fwans fometimes appear here 

 in winter, and are fure figns of a fevere one- 



Reached Florence Court, Lord Ennifkillen's 

 feat, fituated on an eminence under a great 

 ridge of mountains. That nobleman procured 

 me with the polite ft attention the following 

 particulars.- 



The foil in general is a thin furface, 4 to 8 

 i lches of ftoney mould, under that a tough yel- 

 I3W clay of 14 to 18 inches, and under that a 

 pirple lime ftone gravelly clay, a good manure 

 f .r tillage, but bad for grafs. Lets on an aver- 

 age 



