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does ; and even great quantities of linen arc 

 font from Ireland to Scotland. 



The Irifh parliament hath given great en* 

 couragement to the improvements in agricul- 

 ture, and the manufacture of linen, and is 

 ftill continuing to do fo, much more than is 

 given in all Britain. The following extract 

 from the Intereft of Scotland, p. 25, fully 

 fhows this. 



" The parliament of Ireland give great 

 " funds for the improvement of their linen 

 " manufacture. No defe<5t is fooner difco- 

 " vered, that can be fupplied by encourage- 

 c ment, than it is done. The truftees in Ire- 

 ' land gave at one time i o,oft^ check reels, 

 : which were all made, and f&|*, and diftri- 

 ; buted to the fpinners in different places of 

 the country, at the public charge. They 

 alfo at feveral times have made great num- 

 bers of good looms, completely mounted, 

 c of the beft kind, and given them gratis to 

 1 the beft weavers. They are likewife care- 

 ful to remove, by public laws, every thing 

 that has the leaft appearance of a difcou- 

 ragement to the linen trade." 

 If the people in the weft of Scotland were 

 to lay out the fame fums yearly that they do 



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