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LETTER LXX. 



Clonfeckle, Oct. 15, ISIS. 



X HE impressions produced on my mind from 

 our survey of Clyde Farm created at the mo- 

 ment much satisfaction, and will furnish many 

 pleasing reflections hereafter. It is not possible 

 that the spirit of industry which that example 

 has excited should not extend and become as 

 highly beneficial to individuals, as conducive to 

 the general happiness of the community. 



Two miles from Clyde Farm we again crossed 

 the river, and proceeded for some miles by iu 

 side. On approaching Colville, though in itself 

 a poor miserable town, we perceived some im- 

 provements carrying on. The soil in this neigh- 

 bourhood is light, and the crops appeared to 

 have been thin. 



From Colville to Castle Blaney the fifteen 

 miles are hilly the cabins miserable the coun- 

 try thinly inhabited, and poorly cultivated. The 

 direction of the road, which formerly was in 



