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townards and Bangor, feems to have had the faireft 

 trial of any mine in this county; many tons of lead 

 were raifed from it fome years ago, and a confider- 

 able fum expended by the proprietors, and a company, 

 who undertook it ; but, after various attempts, it 

 has for the prefent time been given up. A vein of the 

 fame kind of ore has been found in the demefne of Sir 

 James Blackwood, at Ballyleedy, and two veins of lead 

 have been lately difcovered on Lady Roden's eflate, 

 not far from Bryansford, which, I underftand, pro- 

 mife well. No iron mines have been found, but 

 ochreous earths abound in many places, and every at- 

 tempt to find coals has hitherto proved unfuccefsfui. 



SECT. 6. Foffils. 



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THERE are feveral quarries of remarkable fine free- 

 Hone in this county; the principal are thofe of Scraba, 

 near Newtown, and that of Kilwarlin to the fouth of 

 the road from Hilliborough to Moira. That of Scraba 

 is a very fine grained and clear-coloured (tone, and 

 the deeper it is funk, the better the quality of the 

 ftone. The quarry of Kilwarlin produces flags of a 

 very great length and breadth, of different colours, 

 from the clear . ftone-colour to a brownilh red; the 

 former are very fuperior in beauty and hardnefs. A 

 ftone of uncommon dimenfions, taken from it, is to be 



feen 



