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LETTER VIIL , h 



Port Patrick, August 19, 1813. 



ON quitting Merton Hall our best wishes at- 

 tended our kind host, for a long, long enjoy- 

 ment of that satisfaction which must arise out 

 of his indefatigable labours, and extensive im- 

 provements : many may envy, but all must ap- 

 prove, if they speak their honest sentiments, of 

 exertions so generally beneficial and interesting 

 to the country, and so encouraging to the com- 

 munity among whom he resides. 



Three miles from Merton is Mr. Johnson's 

 farm, who has done much, and is proceeding 

 with spirit. The remainder of the road to 

 GJenluce is very uninteresting ; yet little doubt 

 can be entertained that at no distant period 

 the whole of this dreary tract will be reclaimed 

 and brought into cultivation. Ten years ago 

 the most enthusiastic in rural improvements 

 would not have ventured to speculate on the 

 probability of luxuriant crops of wheat occu- 

 pying their present situations. Mr. Boyd's 



