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 .. . HIBERNIA CURIOSA. To Mr, W. A—D— Dear Sir, AGREEABLE to promife inour laft from Dublin, I will,A §1 now, that I have finiOied mytour through the greater part ofIreland, give you fome accountof the country, its inhabitants, and, whatyou more particularly defircd from me, adef
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 .. . HIBERNIA CURIOSA. To Mr, W. A—D— Dear Sir, AGREEABLE to promife inour laft from Dublin, I will,A §1 now, that I have finiOied mytour through the greater part ofIreland, give you fome accountof the country, its inhabitants, and, whatyou more particularly defircd from me, adefcription of fome of its greateft naturalcurioiities. Indeed I never was fo happilyfituated for providing materials for the enter-tainment of a tafte like yours, for the curiousand romantic fubjeds of nature, cultivatedby a life for many years converfant withfcenes of this kind,* as I have, been whiletraverling through Hibernia. B Perhaps • Tunbridge Wells. ( 2 ) Perhaps It may not be altogether unenter-taining to you, by way of introduclion, tohave a little fketch of our journey and palTagethither.—From London our firfl: courfe v/asto Wefl Chefter, diftant from Ireland about150 miles, and from London 190. FromChefter there are two paffages to Dublin,either of which may be taken as fliall beflfuit the convenience of the traveller. The one from
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