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county of Mcatli is entitled to rank high 

 indeed in point of excellence. 



We drove this morning to Beau-park, ten 

 miles on the southern bank of the Boyne, to 

 visit Mr. Lambert. The situation is beautiful ; 

 the rocks and wood on the banks of the river 

 highly romantic, with a termination of the pro- 

 spect by a full view of Slane's Castle. Mr. 

 Lambert is a very spirited farmer ; from his in- 

 timate acquaintance with Holkham, he has had 

 opportunities of becoming fully convinced of 

 the benefits resulting from good management. 

 The soil on which he has to operate is in 

 general good, and well adapted to the turnip 

 husbandry ; though the quantity of land under 

 green crops, when compared with the stock on 

 the farm, appeared to me insufficient. The 

 farming offices are commodious ; the stack* 

 yard did great credit to the husbandmen. In 

 no situation can an example of good farming 

 be more required ; as much of this rich district 

 is most miserably cultivated and overrun with 

 weeds. 



Navan is a neat little town, and, within these 

 few years, has become a considerable market 

 for grain, in consequence of the facility given 

 to the transportation of it, by the canal to 

 Progheda. To the spirited exertions of one 



