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tons of potatoes are said to be obtained from the 

 Irish equal to a produce of six hundred 

 bushels from the English acre ; which, even 

 with the most liberal application of manure, is 

 a large return. The practice of soiling milch 

 cows has been introduced, and followed here 

 with great success. 



Faun, by a number of judicious alterations 

 and additions, has been converted by his Lord- 

 ship into a comfortable summer residence ; for 

 nothing can be more delightfully pleasant the 

 views from it are beautiful, and highly pic- 

 turesque. 



Admiral Heath is a near neighbour of the 

 Bishop, and a spirited agriculturist. The ex- 

 tent of his farm is not great, but his manage- 

 ment is good. 



The oak is the pride the boast of Britain ; with 

 which, as a concomitant part, do we identify our 

 inimitable tars. There is a sublimity and gran- 

 deur in the character of the one truly analogous 

 to that of the other. Fashion and the habits of 

 the world amalgamate distinctions, and destroy 

 all originality of personal qualities in the bulk 

 of society. The seaman alone, characteristic 

 of the element he professes and braves, at one 



