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LETTER LXIV. 



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Ardhracken house Poor laws County assessments 

 Distributive justice Irish courts of law Want of 

 decorum Solemnity of English courts Unfounded 

 reports Libel on the Irish character 273 



LETTER LXV. 



Black Castle Mr. Ruxton Power of vegetation Mr. 

 Ruxton's farm plantations River Boyne Disposi- 

 tion of people Tranquillity not to be ensured by co- 

 ercion Navan Church Round tower covered with 



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LETTER LXVI. 



Drogheda Slane Castle Mr. Lambert's wopds at 

 Beau Park Ford, where King William passed the 

 Boyne Rock Pillar Port of Drogheda, difficult 

 of access Proposition for a canal Distilleries 

 Duty Inebriation Direful effects of Mr. Codd's 

 distillery Irish steam engine Mr. Tandy's farm 

 Corn market at Drogheda 284- 



., LETTER LXVII. 



Collon The Right Hon. John Foster Neat village- 

 Tidy cabins Handsome church Gothic tower Cot- 

 ton manufactory Dispensary Nursery grounds 

 Great variety of plants Old English oak Pavilion 

 Colonel Foster Large rhododendron Weeping oak 

 and larch Extensive plantations Weekly sale of 

 timber and brush-wood Larch bark, useful in tanning 

 Reflections on planting Its peculiar value in Ire- 

 land Dublin Institution Premiums for planting 

 Hedge rows Laws in Ireland judicious Value of 

 Mr. Foster's plantations Bogs in Ireland Estimated 

 extent of Mr. Foster's farm a secondary object. ... 291 



