OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN. 169 



CHAPTER XI. 



WASTES. 



THE only part of the county, which can in any de- 

 gree be referred to the above title, is contained in the 

 mountains of Mourne, and of Upper Iveagh ; and 

 even thefe afford, in mofl places, fupport to a hardy 

 race of cattle and ftieep, bred by the farmers in their 

 neighbourhood, and likewife to a number of others, 

 brought from the lowlands for the fummer's run ; on 

 thefe mountains they thrive well, and often are taken 

 away fat at the latter end of September ; but a later 

 flay is reckoned hurtful. 



Thefe mountains are computed to contain abouf^ 

 30,000 acres, and are in many parts interlperfed witfc 

 vallies/that afford grafs to cattle, and alfo with turf- 

 bog, which, from the fcarcity of that article in Lecale, 

 is likely to turn out very advantageous to the owners 

 of thofe parts, which lie within the reach of that ba- 

 rony. A road lately run into one of thofe bogs has 



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