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LETTER LXV. 



Block Castle Oct. 12, ISIS. 



THE pleasure our last visit derived from the 

 unremitting kindness and attention of our 

 friends, and the few chances that so retired a 

 life as mine affords of any future meeting, 

 made our parting yesterday truly painful. 

 Neither time nor distance can ever obliterate 

 the esteem and regard now impressed on my 

 mind ; and in the pleasurable review of the 

 various incidents which have contributed to 

 the happiness of this tour, the friendship and 

 urbanity of the amiable residents in Ardbracken 

 House will always occupy a pre-eminent place 

 in my recollection. 



Mr. Ruxton's cottage is delightfully situated 

 on the banks of the Boyne, a mile from Navaii, 

 where the soil is highly fertile. Mr. Ruxton, 

 though well versed in the best theories of agri- 

 culture, yields his better judgment to the erro- 

 neous practices of the country, and white crops 

 are grown after each other successively. As an 

 instance of the power of vegetation on tin* farm, 



