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fixed to bear the friction of gathering and 

 removing to the pit without injury, the crop 

 may be safely harvested. I am perpetually 

 obliged to store potatoes in large quantities, 

 though wet and dirty ; but as care is always 

 taken to have a strong current of air passing 

 over the heap, the effect of fermentation is 

 carried off, and the moisture, which otherwise 

 would remain and cause decay, is dissipated. 

 The earth adhering to the potatoes is of ser- 

 vice ; for when it becomes dry, it contributes to 

 their keeping. 



We passed over the bridge at Ballycock, for 

 which the country, in a great measure, is in- 

 debted to Lord Sunderlin : a communication is 

 thus opened with Granard, and the inhabitants 

 of a large extent of country, no longer under 

 the necessity of carrying their produce five or 

 six miles round the head of the lake. Such 

 appropriation of fortune, and exertions of in- 

 fluence to promote public convenience, are 

 highly honorable, and in the end often prove 

 as beneficial to the patriotic designer and pro- 

 moter as to the community. 



Near the bridge is a farm of his Lordship's, 

 where we first saw cattle sheds, in the oc- 

 cupation of a farmer. We quit this delightful 



