FLORENCE COURT. 2&$ 



and geefe. No drinking tea. The religion fome 

 catholic, but a great many protectants. In 20 

 years there is a rife of 2d. a day in labour. In 

 provisions there has been a considerable rife ; 

 20 per cent, in meal. A fledge car cofts 2s. 2d. 

 Wheel car il. 14s. i : d. A plough 1 is. 2,d. A 

 poor man's turf for a year will coft him 20s. 

 Building a fod cabbin 2L Ditto of ftone and 

 thatch 151. 



Augull 1 8th, took the road by Swadling-bar 

 for Farnham. That fpaw of the north of Ire- 

 land is % little village, which appears <o be but 

 a poor refidence for the numbers that refort to 

 it. I took the Killifhandra road, from thence 

 to Farnham ; in about 3 or 4 miles it leads 

 along the edge of a lake, through a pretty wood 

 which hangs to the water. Faffed Mr. Henry's, 

 a houfe very agreeably iituated amidft woods* 

 which fpread to the right and left, and above 

 it. Many lakes are in this country ; I paiTed 

 feveral large ones, which communicate with 

 each other by a river. The road crofTes a va- 

 riety of bog and moory ground, perfectly im- 

 proveable ; lime cheap, but little feems to be 

 done or doing. At Mr. Nefbit's enter a rich 

 woodland country. The bifhop of Kilmore's 

 palace is on a confiderable hill, yet Sheltered 

 by very fine trees -, the country here is beauti- 

 ful. I had been favoured with an invitation 

 from the bifhop, but he was then at Dublin. 

 The woods of Farnham appear very finely from 

 hence. Reached that place in the evening time 

 enough for a ride with the Earl on the borders 



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