Hibernia curiosaA letter from a gentleman in Dublin, to his friend at Dover in KentGiving a general view of the manners, customs, dispositions, &cof the inhabitants of IrelandWith occasional observations on the state of trade and agriculture in that kingdom ..Collected in a tour through the kingdom in the year 1764 .. . nt be found acceptable, the writerfropojes infomefuture opportunity, not veryfar off, perhaps, to offer a more extenfive na-tural hiflory of this, in the natural view of it^particularly, entertaining country, on theplan he has above hinted at, on one that willhe new, and he hop
Hibernia curiosaA letter from a gentleman in Dublin, to his friend at Dover in KentGiving a general view of the manners, customs, dispositions, &cof the inhabitants of IrelandWith occasional observations on the state of trade and agriculture in that kingdom ..Collected in a tour through the kingdom in the year 1764 .. . nt be found acceptable, the writerfropojes infomefuture opportunity, not veryfar off, perhaps, to offer a more extenfive na-tural hiflory of this, in the natural view of it^particularly, entertaining country, on theplan he has above hinted at, on one that willhe new, and he hopes entertaining to the rea-der, on a plan that Jloall, at leaf, have thismerit in it, that if ever the reader goesthrough the country, he may have the fatif-faSiion of finding the natural appearances ofthings correfpond to this hifiory and defcriptionof them. He has only to add, that to have contri^buted, even by the prefent Jhort and imperfeBout-lines, towards the removal and obliterationof any national and illiberal prejudices,and to the promoting a greater intercourfeof our gentlemen of for time and curiofitjy with2, ( xvi ) with a country that, in a natural view ofit^efpecially^ deferves more attention than is ge-nerally given to it, will be the fource of themoji agreeable refledlions to The Editor, HIBERNIA. HIBERNIA CURIOSA. To Mr, W. A—D—N.
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