22© Review of Survey of the County of Cavan. May 



fccure ; the bufinefs of the farmer muft be feparated from that 

 of the mechanic ; and habits of fobriety and induftry become 

 more general, before agriculture flourifli. It will require time to 

 accomplifh fuch important matters, and we are almoft tempted 

 to imagine that fome radical change in th^ ftate of fociety will be 

 previoufly neceflary. 



The county of Cavan is not one of the bed parts of Ireland, 

 and, in the volume before us, it certainly does not appear to the 

 greateft advantage. This work is not calculated to give us a fa- 

 vo^irable opinion either of its author's abilities, or of the dillri£l 

 which he lias fur^'eyed. Situated in the province of Ulfler, at 

 •an equal didance from the Irilh Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, it 

 contains 301,000 plantation acres, and about 90,000 inhabitants. 

 The land is divided by the author in the following manner : 



j^cref. 



Arable lands, pafturc and meadow 267,500 



Rivers and lakes 3>Soo 



Woods and plantations ^ 3>ooo 



Roads, towns and villages 3>ooo 



Mountain, bog and walle 24,000 



The average rent h ftated to be fifteen {hillings per acre ; and 

 this, we are informed, is nearly double what it was twenty years 

 ago. This would feem to intimate a confiderable degree of im- 

 provement within that period. What muft have been the condi- 

 tion of the country previous to it, we are at a lofs to conceive. 



The county of Cavan is confiderably elevated, and, throughout, 

 diverfified with hill and dale. From this circumltance, together 

 with its proximity to the Atlantic and Irifli Sea, we may natural- 

 ly expe£l the climate to be uncertain, cold and boifterous. We 

 ihould cxpe6l an excefs of moifture, too, though the author fecms 

 to intimate the contrary. The mountainous diftridts are, for the 

 mofl part, appropriated to the grazing of young cattle ; while 

 the low lands are in conftant tillage. Perhaps the moft import- 

 ant general improvement which this county could receive, would 

 be to apply it principally to pafturage. This, however, is im- 

 pofTiblc, while it is parcelled out into farms, as they are called, 

 of nine acres each. 



We fliall not enter into any particular detail of the matter con- 

 tained in this work, as it could be little intcreiling to the bulk of 

 cur readers ; and, with regard to an analyfis of the volume it- 

 fclf, we deem it impolfible. The author communicates fome in- 

 tormation which it might be worth while to know, and makes 

 Jeveral well-meant and fcnfible remarks, but they are fcattered 

 Vrith fuch irregularity, and buried under io much rubbilh, that 



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