S'5o4. Review of Survey cj tic Contif^ cj i.avan. lij. 



to lye open before us as we concludciJ. In p:igc 34. at top, the 

 author I'peaks of a fxed volatile alkali, Wc h;ivc cert: "r.ily licard 

 of a fixed alkali^ and of a volatile alhili^ ch;ira(Stcri/etl as dificr- 

 ent by their -refpe^live fixednefs or volatilily ; ab wc huve alfj 

 heard of hard water and of foft water ; but we never before have 

 heard of a fixed volatile alkali, more than of a hard jl ft luatcr. 



The work is dedicated (with or without permidion, is not faid) 

 to the Marquis of Titchfield, Prefident, and the otii;!r Member* 

 of the Newark Agricultural Society. 



C. 



Stat'fiical Survey of the County of CavaUy with Qbfervations on tht 

 Mer.ns of Improvement : Drawn up in the year J 80 1, for the 

 Ccnfderationy and tender the Direclion of the Dublin Society, 

 By'Sir Charles Coote, Bart. Dublin : Printed by GraifGerry 

 & Campbell. 



Ireland is a country which, at prefcnt, has many claims up- 

 on our attention. From its peculiar clrcumftances, we can 

 hardly be able to regard it with inditlerence, while its ciofc con- 

 nexion with our own iiland engages our felfiinnef^, as well ai 

 our fympajthy. The moral and political condition of the people 

 mull intereft the ftatefman and philofopher ; v/hile the face of 

 the country, and its ftate of improvement, equally demand atten- 

 tion from every one who defires the profperity of agriculture. 

 It is the lufl of thefe topics which properly falls within our 

 province. Ireland, as an agricultural country, has many phy- 

 fical advantages ; but the moral obilacles, which have hitherto 

 impeded improvement, will not, we fear, be foon removed. 

 From the natural advantages of that country, and its long and 

 intimate connexion with Britain, it might have been expected to 

 have made confiderable improvement ; but it is llili far behind 

 many parts of this ifland which have been Icfs favoured by 

 nature. 



We rejoice to fee Agricultural Societies formed, and Agricul- 

 tural Surveys executed in Ireland, as both indicate- an increafmg 

 attention to the moft ufeful of all arts, and may contribute 

 fomething to its advancement. We willi our brethren, over the 

 water, all fuccefs, and fhould be happy foon to receive leflbns fron^ 

 them that are at prefent fo far behind us. There is very much 

 to be done, however, before they fhall rival us, and much that A- 

 gricultural Societies cannot effed:. Capital mull be created, and 

 .employed m cultivating tlie foil j property muft be rendered more 



fccure; 



