Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8. —There is only a Chappel in Athy, tho' 'tis said there have been 2 Churches; [v. Nugae Antiquae. ii. 155.] It is a compact Town, & not large, upon ye River Barrow. We were more than once in Colonel Nevil's Company; his Seat (only for a term of Years from ye Earl of Kildare,) is Dollards-Town, half a Mile from Brea, & in ye Union of Athy; Lieutenant Forth lives with him. Mr Nichxon, Chancellor of ye Exchequer, was at this time with ye Colonel. On Wednesday, We din'd at Belan, Colonel [Mr] Stratford's, 3 Miles from Brea; He was not in ye Countrey, We were entertain'd by his Sister, Mrs Katherine Spencer, the Wife of Mr Henry Spencer, an half-brother of my Aunt's. This is a most pleasant Seat, his large Plantations of Trees in variety of shady Walks, & in Groves, Several Ponds also well stock'd with Fish, The Greece flowing here; but ye chief beauty is ye bold Avenue on both sides ye house, to ye Front between a noble Walk of Trees, of decent Width, & considerable Height, so as scarce (take it all together) to be parallel'd: And there is a very