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long minority, with so much ability and spirit. 

 J cannot but feel a peculiar desire that the 

 young gentleman, "who is now nearly of age, 

 may be inspired with the same motives, and 

 influenced by the same philanthropy, that di- 

 rected the conduct of his patriotic father j and 

 that the regret for his loss, and the respect for 

 tbe memory of such a parent, may stimulate 

 him with an ambitious emulation of worthily 

 supplying his place. 



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To Athboy, eleven miles, the country is well 

 enclosed. Two instances were presented to us 

 of the turnip husbandry. The crops of grain 

 appeared to have been good, and the tillage 

 of the land tolerably well conducted. An 

 abundance of limestone gravel was observed in 

 all parts of our drive. 



Notwithstanding the fertility of the soil, and 

 its great returns to the occupiers, the condition 

 of the laborers upon it seemed to bear no re- 

 lation or affinity to either: extreme privation 

 and poverty were the evident indelible cha- 

 racters of their pitiable situation. I attempted 

 to enter one of their wretched cabins, but the 

 smoke was so dense and offensive, I could not 

 remain in it so long as to distinguish one ob- 

 ject from another, and yet a sufficient time 



