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The prodvice of th: foil in thefe baronies is great*, the whole 

 is under tillage, and near the fea-fliore they manure with the 

 fea-weed twice a year, and in the memory of the oldefl man the 

 ground has never been fallowed, but a plentiful crop obtained 

 every year. The parilli of Carnc contains five hundred acres, 

 all or moftly under tillage ; this parifli pays i ocl. a year for 

 tithes to the re<fl:or. The church-land of Carne contains fixty 

 acres, of which forty are plowed, and pays to the redlor 14I. 14s. 

 and to the landlord gol. a year. 



Fuel is fcarce in this diftridl ; the chief firing is furze, planted 

 on the tops of all the dikes ; thefe are cvit and dried, and biing 

 a good return. Along the coaft there has formerly been a bog 

 or turbary, which has been encroached on by the fea, fo much 

 that now it is covered with fand, and that at high water, with 

 many feet of the watry element. The great expenfe of cut- 

 ting and drying this turf renders this kind of fuel too dear 

 for the common people. In this turbary, many feet under the 

 fea at high water, trees are daily found, and fome dug up ; they 

 confift chiefly of oak, fir and hazle. 



* The old Irifli names Bargie and Forth fignify a fertile fpOt, viz. Bar, fruitful ; 

 go, the fea. The fertile land on the fea coaft. Fortha, plenty. Arab, j^j buhar. 

 Pcrf. j'-^" bahar ; a rich and extenfive province (in HindoRan) — -^-i bar, fruitful; 

 jpv' — \ bardar, idem— j' — i bar, idem. 



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