OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN. 117 



CHAPTER VIII. 



GRASS, 



SECTION i. 



Natural Meadows and Grajjet. 



FROM the great inequality of furface in this county, 

 confiderable trails of flat meadow grounds lying toge- 

 ther cannot be expected, yet on the fides of the rivers, 

 particularly of the Ban, the Lagan, &c. there are many 

 excellent and extenfive meadows, which are annually 



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enriched by the natural overflowing of the waters, and 

 the vallies, which lie amongft the hills, are generally 

 very rich, and are capable, if not naturally good, of 

 being macle fo by levelling and draining, for they con- 

 tain the fmefl particles of mold waftied from the fur- 

 rounding hills for ages ; and from the peculiar confor- 

 mation of the grounds, few farms of any extent are 

 without the benefit of fome mowing ground. Never- 

 thelefs, little comparative advantage is taken of thele 

 favourable circumftances ; the meadows, generally 



fpeaking, 



