

LETTER XLIX. 



Ardbracken, Sept. 25, 1813. 



A LEISURE moment this evening affords me 

 a second opportunity of addressing you to-day. 

 The pleasure 1 experienced on the renewal of 

 my acquaintance with the amiable and estimable 

 residents iu this mansion, was heightened by 

 the kind reception and welcome we received 

 and I could not but gratefully feel and ex- 

 press how much I had become their debtor for 

 being the primary cause of my pleasurable visit 

 to Ireland ; from which I had derived such 

 gratification as called forth my warmest ac- 

 knowledgments. Admirers of Ireland them- 

 selves, they cordially partook of the sentiments 

 felt and expressed by my friend and myself. 



Ardbracken is a modern edifice, erected by 

 the former Bishop on a plan of the late Dr. 

 Beaufort ; which unites much internal comfort 

 with great external beauty and simple ele- 

 gance, well designed and appropriated for the 

 residence of so considerable a dignitary of the 



