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the subsisting friendliness towards them, on 

 their landlord's part, was highly creditable to 

 both. 



The spirit of enterprise now so rapidly ex- 

 tending over Ireland, cannot be long in pro* 

 ducing improvement. Agricultural societies 

 are forming in every quarter ; I had the plea^ 

 sure of being present at the establishment of 

 one of these at Cavan. The expense too fre- 

 quently attending such associations becomes 

 fatal to their continuance ; and, as I could not 

 but suspect at the time, will be destructive in 

 the present instance. Lord Farnham signified 

 his intention of giving premiums among his 

 tenantry for superior management a measure 

 which in my opinion cannot fail in having the 

 desired effect. Experience has convinced me 

 such rewards ought to be restricted to practical 

 farmers, and that the exclusion of gentlemen 

 as competitors is indispensable to maintain 4 

 general good intelligence. 



Edgeworth's Town has in a great measure been 

 rebuilt. The church is modern ; and the spire, 

 constructed of cast iron, was raised to its present 

 eminence by machinery. Although there are a 

 it number of presbyterians in the neighbour^ 

 hood, the catholic chapel is a large building. 



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