Perjavour of the JbbS 0^ Flaherty,

Count O'^Flaherty begs to offer the expresskm
of his homage to the Miss Mac Taafs. He it
quite sensible (it is impossible to be more so) of
the honour conferred upon him by their gradous
and amiable letter; and he assures them thai
among the many very interesting details it con-
tains, nothing touched the Count more pro*
foundly, than the privilege granted him of
claiming kindred with ladies so amiable and
accomplished. The invitation held out to the
Count to visit his unhappy, but always loved
country, is a reason the more for doing^ that
which he has long desired and intended. He
looks forward at no very distant period to offer-
ing to the Miss Mac Taafs the expression of
his gratitude for the kindness they have
shown in his favour, and the still greater kind-
ness they may yet confer on him. Touching



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Ws claims on the Abbey of St. Bridget, he has
every possible desire to establish them ; and
'■ trusts he will find no very obstinate resist-
t ance on the part of the ladies of that venerable
order, which he understands now flourishes
under the control of the reverend Mother Ab-
bess O^Brien. With respect to the tribute
offered by the cavaliers of the Hy Tartagh
fittnily to the fair ladies of Bog Moy, it is a token
rf fealty which the Count will be charmed to
i^enew with other marks of his homage. In the
Mean time he begs their acceptance of a piece of
Lyons silk {cuisse de la reine)^ and a Flanders
Cin^re a la Du Barry, which are at present
making the rage at Paris — they will be sent via
Bordeaux by the Count's wine-merchant to
the care of French and Blake, Galway. The
Count has no doubt that these foreign com-
modities, like Spanish wines, will improve by
the voyage, and acquire new graces from the
amiable wearers, to whom they are destined
with sentiments of the profoundest respect and
devotion.
