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to the laws, ensuring at the same time indi- 

 vidual happiness, and national prosperity. 



As the same causes are known to produce 

 the same effects, may we not reasonably in- 

 dulge in the hope, that were portions of the 

 unwieldly estates in Ireland thus allotted and 

 sold off, like the Courtenay property, the same 

 happy consequences as in England would re- 

 sult to this country. At any rate the experi- 

 ment might be worth making, as the increased 

 value of the central part retained, would re- 

 compense the proprietor for any loss which 

 might be sustained by a sale of the outskirts. 



A short distance from Abbey Feal, we had a 

 considerable hill to ascend. The valley is 

 narrow, and confined on both sides. Whether 

 we were indebted purely to chance, or to the 

 courtesy of the proprietor of a beautiful cottage 

 on the opposite bank of the river, I cannot de- 

 cide ; but either the report of a cannon, or 

 the blasting of rock, produced a most astonish- 

 ing effect, in the repetition of the echo, at 

 various points, for some seconds. 



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Abbey Feal is a very small place, the accom- 

 modations wretched. For the comfort of future 

 travellers a new inn is building, and in great 



