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with water-worn ftones, and whofe fubftrata are of the 

 fame nature, are fcattered in many parts, but do not, 

 in general, lie in any confiderable contiguous tracts. 

 Moory grounds are moftly confined to the fkirts of the 

 mountains; and bogs, although they are frequent, are 

 not now, as bogs, objects of improvement, for they 

 are fcarcely fufficient to form a fupply of fuel to the 

 numerous inhabitants in their vicinity. . , To thefe foils 

 may be added the rich and deep loams on the fides of 

 the different rivers, which are amongft the moft valu- 

 able, as they yield, every year, a luxuriant crop of 

 grafs, without the affiftance of manure, and which 

 amount to a confiderable number of acres. I muft not 

 omit that fmall tract of loam, incumbent on limeftone- 

 gravel, peculiar to the neighbourhood of Moira and 

 Magheralin : this is, by many, fuppofed the moft pro- 

 ductive foil in the county; this opinion is juflified by 

 the fize of the timber, which is of larger growth about 

 Moira than in any other part, Waringftown excepted. 

 In defcribing the foils of this county, it would be moft 

 difficult, and, indeed, immaterial, to mark exactly, 

 where one begins, and the other ends ; and in this 

 {ketch nothing more is meant, than to exprefs the dif- 

 tinguifhing qualities of each, nor can it poflibly be ex- 

 pected, that every particular place, which has any pe- 

 culiarity, can be taken account of; to prefcribe the 

 moft judicious method of cultivating and improving 

 them, would be a work of much more utility. 



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