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home confumption, was it not for the blanket-making 

 bufmefs, which has been eftablifhed in the vicinity of 

 the village of Lambeg for upwards of a century; every 

 article in this branch is made with a lightnefs and 

 warmth equal to the beft Englifh goods in the fame 

 line. A fufficient number of wool hats are made in 

 different parts of the county for its own confumption, 

 in the neighbourhood of which this bufmefs is carried 

 on to a confiderable extent; they are carried for fale to 

 the different fairs and markets in this and the neigh- 

 bouring counties. 



The weaving of ftockings is another branch of in- 

 duftry pretty generally diffufed; none are however ex- 

 ported. This manufacture takes in worfted, thread, 

 and cotton; the quality, though not of the fineft, is 

 good. 



Leather both for foles and upper leathers for fhoes 

 is tanned in confiderable quantities. Shoes have alfo 

 been made at different times and places for expor- 

 tation. 



At Lsmbeg there is an extenfive manufactory of 

 papers of different ki ids. At the fame place is an 

 ancient pottery, carried on by a family of Englifh 

 fettlers, who have been eftablifhed there for upwards 

 of a century; this branch does not extend to. the finer 

 kinds, only taking in fuch as are ufed for milk, the 

 purpofcs of gardening, &c. At the county of Down 

 fide of Belfaft bridge there \s one of a fuperiar kind, of 



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