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lawn and wood; the third, which appears to 

 join this, is of a darker (hade, yet not fo thick 

 but you fee the bright lawn under the trees. 

 Houfe ifland is one fine thick wood, which ad- 

 mits not a gleam of light, a contrail: to the filver 

 bofom of the lake. Church ifland is at a greater 

 diftance; this is alfo a clump, and rifes boldly. 

 Rook ifland is of wood ; it opens in the center, 

 and fhews a lawn with a building on it. It is 

 impofiible to imagine a more pleating and chear- 

 ful fcene. Palled the chapel to Smithfield Hill, 

 which is a fine riling ground, quite furrounded 

 with plantations ; from hence the view is chang- 

 ed ; here the promontory appears very bold, and 

 over its neck you fee another wooded ifland, in 

 a moll; piclurefque lituation. Nothing can be 

 more piclurefque than Rock ifland, its ruin 

 overhung with ivy. The other iflands afTume 

 frefh and varied outlines, and form upon the 

 whole one of the mod: luxuriant fcenes I have 

 met with. 



The views of the lake and environs are very 

 fine as you go to Boyle; the woods unite into 

 a large mafs, and contrail the bright flieet of 

 water with their dark fhades. 



The lands about Kinpflon are very fine, a 

 rich, dry, yellow, fandy loam, the finefl foil that 

 I have feen in Ireland, all grafs, and covered 

 with very tine bullocks, cows, and fheep. The 

 farms rife to 500 acres, and are generally in di- 

 vifions, parted by flone walls, for oxen, cows, 

 young cattle, and fheep feparate. Some of the 

 lands will carry an ox and a wether per acre; 

 rents 15s. to 20s. 



Dined 



