3i2 HISTORY OF THE 



tinent, the Newfoundland fifheries, and the Weft 

 Indies. 



The eaft coaft of Ireland is, upon the whole, in- 

 termixed with hills of no ftnking height, it is a 

 rich champain country,, producing abundance of 

 grain, both for home demand and exportation; but 

 its fifherifjs, at no time 'considerable, have of late 

 'fallen off; infomuch that Dublin, though fituated 

 at the' bottom of an extenfive bay, is partly fupplied 

 in white rifh from the Hebride Ifles. The northern 

 part of Ireland facing Scotland, and alfo the weftern 

 fide lying upon the Atlantic, is in general moun- 

 tainous, and more proper for grazing than tillage. 

 The whole range of coaft from Beifaft Loch to the 

 north-weft cape called Fair Head, and from thence 

 to Mizen Head on the fouth-weft, is lofty, fre- 

 quently perpendicular, wafhed at the bafe by the 

 Atlantic, much expofed to the northern and weftern 

 winds; but, happily indented by lakes and bays, 

 which penetrate far into the country between the 

 ridges of the mountains, fimilar to the Scottifh 

 lakes, and affording fhelter to navigation, as well as 

 conftderabie fisheries. In this arrangement, we per- 

 ceive the provident care of the Author of nature, 

 both upon the European and American continents. 

 "Where the foil affords a fcanty fubfiftence to the 

 inhabitants, the fea is rich ; as in Scotland, Norway, 

 and Iceland, in Europe ; Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, 

 and Labradore, in North America. The principal 

 Irifh fifhery is that of. the herrings, who, after having 

 "cleared the Scottifh fhores, pay an annual vifit to 

 the lakes of Donegal, into which they are driven 

 with a north- weft wind, by the heavy fwell of the 

 Atlantic. The principal fifheries are in Loch 

 Swilly, the Rofies, Killebeggs, and Inverbay, on 

 the coaft of Donegal. An inferior kind of herrings 

 are occasionally taken on the coaft of Sligo and 

 Mayo, as far fouthward as Broadhaven, 



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