43'5 Equailt Temperature, Populuthn, t^c. af Ji eland, 



perature, and moift in all its feafons ; and for their ncccflary degree of ripenefs the heat 

 of fummer is dmply fufficient. 



It is for the more delicate fpecies of garden-fruits, for ill condu£led crops of oats in 

 bleak and mountainous fituations, and for ihe complete and perfedl maturity of wheatj 

 that uneafy apprehenfions can ever be entertained by the gardener or the farmer. 



The former are in themfelves of little importance; and, where fuch luxuries are re- 

 quired, glafs coverings and artificiai heat afford an ample fupply, and remove all pre- 

 tence for dlfcontent. Human art and induftry, attentive to circumftances, and accommo- 

 dated to times, has rtolen from the mild temperatures of our Ysfinters as much warmth as 

 ferves to compenfate for the deficiency of fummer heats in forwarding and perfefling the 

 crops of wheat ; and a little will teach the farmer in our mountainous provinces to ufe thtf 

 fame (wtifice with refpeft to his oats, whenever neceffity fhall demand his increafed at- 

 tention. 



To fum up matters then with truth and brevity— A denfity of population, furpaiTmg 

 that of tlife vaunted millions of undepopulated France * ; a copious export-trade in pro- 

 vifions of various kinds, unequalled by any kingdom whofe inhabitants are proportionably 

 numerous f ; and a ftaple manufaclure, unrivalled in general ufe, in certainty of produce, 

 and intrinfic value :j: ; are circumftances which have not fallen to the lot of other nations, 

 and bring with them clear and irrefragable evidence to demondrate a falubrious country, 

 a genial climate, and a fertile foil in Ireland. 



* The inhabitants of Ireland amount to more than four millions. (See Mr. Buflie's Memoir, Irifli Tranf, 

 Vol. III.) 



Hence the denfjty of its population is at the rate of iSz perfons to a fquare geographical mile, fuppofing the 

 jiland to contain in round numbers za.ooo fuperficial miles. 



Mr. Zimmerman, In his Political Survey of Europe, erroneoufly fuppofing the inhabitants of this country 

 lefs than two millions and a half, deduces a denfity of population only to 117 perfons on each mile. The foU 

 lowing table marks the number of individuals on a geographical fquare mile in the northern countries of Eu- 

 rope, as taken from Zimmerman's tables (Ireland being correiSed) ; from whence it will appear that thi$ 

 kingdom rates extremely in the denfity of its population. 



Perfonf. 



Denmark - r - iz 



Sweden ■ - - • 14 



Rulfia - - - 10 



Scotland - - -51 



Poland - - -53 



Prudia - - - 67 



England - - - 119 



Germany . - - 135 



France - - - 151 



Ireland ... igj 



Holland ... 136 



.J. Two hundred and twenty thoufand barrels of beef and pork, independent of the various matters connefted 

 therewith, and of every other fpecies of provifion, were exported in the year ending 15th March 1793. 



J After a progreffive increafe of ninety years the exports of linen-cloth alone, in the year 1792, amounted 

 to forty-three million yards, from one million only at the commencement of tlie prefcnt century. 



Conclusion. - 



