futroduction, page xviii, line 2 from bottom, for studied,

read not studied.

Of Work, page 18, sect. iv. the plate* is wanting.

* 1 a

29, line 8 from top, for some, read the same.

36, line 11, read Right Reverend.

78, line 21, for ash, read oak.

$2, line 3, read three square perches.

90, line 11, read quickset hedges.
110, line 1, add Leicester.

--, line 7, for property, read propensity.
133, line 19, for mince, read mix.

138, line 3, for fallowing, read fattening.
139, line 4 from bottom, for first, read 4 lb.
183, line 5 from bottom, for shade read shed.
189, line 1 from top, after mounted, read him.
197, line 19, for seventy, read twenty.

The square a, a, a, a, is supposed to contain one acre; extend the lines at 3 and 4, and they will reach to b, b, the half of the exterior of the large square, so that for double the expense four times the area is enclosed.

INTRODUCTION.

KILDARE county, anciently called Chille-dara, or the Wood of Oaks.* This county was comprised in the ancient Coalan, Caelan or Galen, an ancient district of Leinster, containing part of the county of Kildare, with part of Wicklow and Carlow; the county of Kildare part is bounded on the east by the Wicklow mountains, on the south and west by the river Barrow, and on the north by the Liffey and part of the bog of Allen. It was called Caelan or Galen, that is, the woody country, being in the early

* It was also called Kill-dara, from the cell of St. Bridget, first placed under a large oak at Kildare, as also Kill-drag. The vestal fire was preserved, though a remnant of idolatry, in the town of Kildare, after the introduction of christianity by St. Patrick.

ages almost one continued wood, the decay of which produced the great extent of bogs, which cover so much of the country at this day, and by the quantity of timber, with which they abound, bear incontestible marks of their origin. The name is yet retained in one of the boundaries, called the town of Kill-cullan, on the river Liffey, corrupted from Kill-coalan: thence the noble family of Leinster take their motto, Crom ill a Boo, or, the district on the crooked water. The chiefs of this' country were Hy Caelen or Mac Kelly, whose principal residence was at or near Rath-ais-Cael,* now corruptly called Rath-ascull, supposed to have been at the ancient castle of Glaise-aile, or the Beautiful Stream. This rath is situated three miles north-east of Athy. Tradition reports, that the last master of this castle was Gicrode-crone-Mac-Kelly, who defended it during his life with much bravery; at his death, the country of the Mac-Kellys was possessed by, and divided between the Fitz-Geralds, Fitz-Henrys, and Keatings. A mile further from Athy is placed the ancient

There appears to have been much mistake in attributing the erection of raths to the Danes; the word signifies a pledge. Long before the invasions of the Danes, they were constructed by the Irish chieftains and their dependants, and called raths or pledges for the fealty and due subordination of the adjacent country. Had raths been erected by the Danes, they would have been prostrated on their expulsion; instead of being objects of aversion, they are held in utmost reverence by the country people, who would not be bribed to dig or break up the smallest part. C is always pronounced as K.