Memoir of a Map of Ireland

Excerpt from Memoir of a Map of Ireland: Illustrating the Topography of That Kingdom, and Containing a Short Account of Its Present State, Civil and Ecclesiastical; With a Complete Index to the Map But that defign went no farther, at firfi, than to in fert thefe particulars in a faithful copy of one of the belt and molt modern maps of this country: and it was not till after I had employed much time and pains on it, that I found the fcale which I had adopted, of ten miles to an inch, too contraé'ted for my purpofe; Land the maps which I intended to follow, f0 full of errors and defeé'ts, as to require almoft perpetual cor reétion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.