140 Sale of Linen and Twine at Bally money. 



In refraining from the subject of the rebellion, 

 the miseries of which are every where bleeding 

 fresh in the recollection of all, I consult that 

 course which is most to the advantage of both 

 parties, and consign it to oblivion. To forget 

 and forgive ought to be no less an earnest wish, 

 than it is the imperious duty, of every sincere 

 friend to Ireland. 



Mint, -ti' 't;: t ;;<*hi bin; ^aM 



The sale here of linen on market days is very 

 extensive, often exceeding 5,000/. The market 

 for swine is very considerable : the price of 

 these animals had risen fifty per cent, from the 

 destruction occasioned in the preceding year 

 by the scarcity of potatoes. Ireland, it should 

 seem, has always been famous for the number, 

 if not for the beauty, of its native pigs. Giraldus 

 Cambrensis declares, he never saw the same 

 number of swine in any other country. The 

 breed at present, apparently, is of very inferior 

 description : the introduction of a better sort 

 would certainly be highly beneficial to the agri- 

 cultural interest. 



Whilst our horses fed we determined on a 

 visit to a Moravian establishment, at Grace-hill, 

 a short two miles from the inn. Our walk was 

 enlivened by the number of people returning 

 home from market ; some of whom, we were 

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