Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER XXXVIII.

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The swan. Holy Cross and its monuments. Irish Catholic clergy. Dinner with eighteen clergymen. Conversation at it. Comparison of the Wendish and the Irish. List of the Catholic and Protestant parishes in Cashel. Curious details and remarks upon them. Well-meant exorcism. Irish breakfast. Breakneck hunt. The wandering bog. Feats of horses. Country gentleman's life. The Castle in the air. Potheen enthusiasm. Irish gentry. Lord H----......408