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THE

TRAVELLER'S GUIDE

THROUGH

IRELAND;

OR, A

TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION

OF THAT KINGDOM:

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT

CE THE EXTENT OF EACH COUNTY; OF ITS MOUNTAINS, RIVERS,
VALES, AND GENERAL ASPECT; OF ITS MINERALS, FOSSILS,
WOODS, AND ANIMALS; OF ITS RURAL INDUSTRY AND

MANNERS; OF ITS TOWNS, MANUFACTURES AND
TRADE; OF ITS ANTIQUITIES, ELEGANT
MANSION-HOUSES, PLEASURE

GROUNDS, &c.

ACCOMPANIED WITH AN ELEGANT MAP.

BY THE REV. JO. ROBERTSON.

EDINBURGH;

PRINTED BY T. MACCLEISH,

TUR DENHAM AND DICK, EDINBURGH; AND VERNOR, HOO,

AND SHARP, LONDON.

AN

14 FEB 1955

LIBRARY

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE

EARL OF MOIRA,

MY LORD',

Unaccustomed to this kind of composition, I find it a very difficult task to write a Dedication, without incurring the censure of adulation. There is, however, an essential difference between truth and flattery. Nor shall I run the hazard of being ranked among the number of unmeaning sycophants, when I assure your Lordship, that the greatness of mind by which you have reflected honour upon your noble descent; the fidelity with which you have filled those different stations, in which both the necessity and gratitude of a Great Nation have placed you; the virtues displayed in private life, together with the encouragement given to Arts and Sciences, have in

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