CONTENTS* XVll 



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Farming establishment Late Marquis a great planter 

 * No general advantages resulting Irish wolf-dog 

 Extent of Sligo estate High veneration for Croagh 

 Patrick Catholic priest's account of his flock 

 Change in appearance of surface Luxuriant herbage 

 from limestone soils Lough Mask Gillaroo trout 

 Ballinrobe a neat little town Fuel obtained from a 

 great distance Inn clean and comfortable Excellent 

 mutton 323 



LETTER XXVIII. 



Luxuriant herbage Cattle and sheep well managed- 

 Method of harvesting corn Excellent quality of grass 

 Gregg Castle, seat of Major Kirwan Cahirmorris 

 Lough Corrib Singular appearance of country on ap- 

 proaching Galway Town described Little respect 

 paid to the Sabbath Mode of sleeping in Connaught 

 Irish language generally spoken English taught 

 the rising generation Extension of the staple manu- 

 facture Domestic happiness in the Irish cabin 

 Manufactories destructive of it High rent of land 

 round Galway Expense of blasting rocks County ' 

 gaol well constructed 339 



LETTER XXIX. 



Fabrication of news Anecdote of two country attorneys 

 State of the Irish press Curious construction of 

 advertisements Jaunting car Want of forethought 

 and order in the inns Cromwell's description of the 

 country about Galway Mr. O'Hara's seat and exten- 

 sive plantations Croft Lodge and woods, the seat of 

 Mr. Gregory Gort Round tower of Kilmacanaugh 

 ^-Beautiful approach to Ennis Profusion of common 

 fruits Gothic building near Clare Castle of Ennis 



First turnpike Ennis an interesting place .. 355 



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