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LETTER LXIII. 



Ardbracken House, Oct. 10, 1813. 



W E reached this kind, hospitable roof yes- 

 terday to a late dinner. The journey was long 

 and fatiguing for our horses, as a part of the 

 road was hilly, and the distance from Baron's 

 Court little short of fifty English miles. Our 

 first point was Mullingar, eight miles the 

 land immediately surrounding the town is 

 equal in fertility to the best we have seen in 

 Ireland : the remaining stubbles bore incon- 

 testable evidence of weighty crops, and the 

 management of some of the farms seemed to be 

 tolerably good. 



From an eminence too miles short of Mullin- 

 gar, we had a most extensive and beautiful view 

 of both Lough O'Whel and Lough Eunel, and 

 could distinguish the woods at Mr. Rochfort's 

 at Belvidere, which has the celebrity of being 

 one of the most enchanting spots in Ireland ; 

 we were, however, at too great a distance to 



