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likewHe, at this time (September, 1797), 
another camp formed by dire€tion, and 
under the immediate infpection of Earl 
Camden, the prefent chief governor of 
Ireland. The ptincipal part of the woods 
in this place, which are now very confi- 
derable, were planted by direétioa of the 
Earl of Chefterfield, when lord lieutenant 
of Ireland, about the year 174535 it is 
well ftocked with deer, and'the whole is 
inclofed by a ftone wall. 
From the weftern gate of this park, 
the approach to which commands a view 
cf a moft beautiful valley, taking in the 
villages of Chapel-izod and Palmerftown, 
through which the river Liffey grandly 
glides, forming different cafcades, and 
the whole terminated by the finelv-fituated 
houfe of Lord Donoughmore. You enter 
upon the top of Knockmaroon Hill, a vil- 
Jage about three miles diftant from Dub- 
lin, commanding a moft delightful pro- 
fpecét ; and, defcending more to the weft- 
ward, you enter one of the moft beauti- 
fully-fituated roads perhaps in the world, 
called the Jow road to Lucan, being about 
four miles in length; it is through a 
‘winding valley on tne right hand, of whica 
is, for the moft part, a very high hill, 
richly cultivated, and from 1s fourhern 
afpeét is extenfively planted with ftraw- 
berries, which fruit it produces in great 
abundance, and in conftant -fucceffion, 
from May until September, both months 
inclufive. 
The road is fhadowed by plantations of 
oak, elm, and afh trees ; and all along the 
left hand, from Knockmaroon, is the 
river Liffey filently flowing its courfe, the 
‘grandeur of which is fometimes inter- 
rupted by mill-weirs crofling the river, 
but which amply compenfate the feaft of 
the eye, by the cafcades which they form ; 
and hence it is, that the navigation of the 
river, Liffey is, in this, part, impeded. 
Farther to the left hand, and to the end 
of this road, beyond the river, the ground 
rifés in a ‘gradual afcent; ia forne parts 
next the water are mitis, in others bleach- 
greens for linens, bur, for the moft part, 
the fide of the hi prefents the highly 
decorated improvements of Lord Leitrim, 
Lord Carhampton, and Lord Pery, which 
terminating by a bridgé, you arrive at the 
“villace of Lucan, firuated between fix and 
Yeven miles welt from Dublin. Here is 
| the celebrated Lucan $pa, much reforted 
to, and deemed extremely efficacious in 
feorbutic and nervous complaints; the: 
{pa has lately been decorated. and is now 
firelcered by a buitding, forming a minegon 
neatly executed ; and upon the top of tie 
be 
Tour in the Vicinity of Dublin. 
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pump is placed a handfome urn. There 
is a rural thatched feat for the water 
drinkers, ere€ted in a fpace which has 
been allowed to be taken off the demefne 
of the late Rt. Hon. Agmondifham Veley, 
now inhabited by Major Vefey, and isa 
beautiful villa on the banks of the river 
Liffey ; the houfe, which, in general, is 
called Lucan Houfe, was finifhed in the - 
year 1780, it has an elegant, but fimple, 
Jonice front, four columns of that order 
fupporting the entablirure and. pediment 3 
the hall is adorned with pillars, and a 
frieze of the fame order, enriched with 
medallions from the defigns of Angelica 
Kauffman. The late Agmondifham” 
Vefey, who was well known among the 
profeffors of the fine arts.in his time, as a 
patron and a man. of feience, having 
always been extremely partial to the 
works of Mrs. Angelica, that charming 
artift, has, in teftimony for that compli- 
ment, dedicated fome of her fineft pro- 
ductions to him, as a mark of her refpeé 
and eficem. The apartments are in @ 
fuitable ftyle of fimple elegance, the gar- 
dens are laid out with great tafte, the 
fituation is low, fhady, and fequeftered, 
but extremely pleafant, being, in fome 
degree, a continuation of that delightful 
valley I have before defcribed; the. river 
Liffey runs on one fide of the grounds 
for near two miles, the high-read confines 
them on the other, and though this makes 
them narrow, they do not want fufiicient 
variety. 
On the oppofite bank of the river is 
St. Catherines, the feat of David La 
Pouche, jun. efq. formerly occupied by 
the Earl of Lanefborough, a beautiful 
villa; it had been fufered, for many 
years, to fall into decay, but, in the year 
1792, was purchafed by Mr. La Touche, | 
jun. the prefent proprietor, who repaired _ 
nd beautifed the houfe and grounds; 
the houfe is plain, but roomy and conve- 
nient, and contains a great variety of &ne 
paintings and original drawimes, brought 
by. that young gentleman-from Italy, and 
other parts of the continent, a few years 
fince, when upon his travels; alfo fome 
{culpture, among which is an ineompar- 
able parian marble ftatue of a Cupid, four 
ect fix inches high; this chef d*ouure 
{culpture is placed upon a round 
pedettal, brought from Florence, of moft 
curious workmanfhip. The grounds are 
firuated upon the fide of a hill, having @ 
fourhern afpeé, and exhibiting as much 
variety as the extent will permit; thefe, 
and the oppoftte grounds of Mr. Vefey, 
being connected and diyided by a- rural 
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