266 Description of Reynella. 



some fine Herefordshire oxen, and a few acres 

 of turnips, which had been indifferently hoed, 

 and were greatly injured by being left too thick 

 on the ground. 



Reynella, the seat of Mrs. Reynell, has not 

 been built more than twenty years great taste 

 has been exhibited in the plantations, and in 

 forming a piece of water. Mr. Reynell, in his 

 day, was esteemed one of the most spirited 

 improvers in Ireland, and his example had an 

 extensive effect. The premature death of a 

 gentleman possessing so high a character was 

 justly considered a public loss. He increased 

 the demand for labor, and thus created a spirit 

 of industry highly beneficial to the lower orders 

 who entertained a due sense of their obliga- 

 tions, and acknowledged them with gratitude. 

 This gentleman was always respected by them 

 as their adviser, friend, and benefactor. After 

 his death, Mrs. Reynell pursued the same system 

 of improvement ; and at the time when the 

 rebellion first made its appearance, she was 

 actively and anxiously employed in completing 

 a sheet of water which had given employment 

 to a great number of people. Conscious that 

 the interests and happiness of the laboring 

 classes in her neighbourhood had never been 



