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farther to the eaft, towards the Ifle of Man ; the boats 

 from Newcaftle generally purfue them there ; they are 

 brought to this county for fale, and are difperfed 

 through it by fifti-carriers, who attend upon the beach, 

 and purchafe them from the boats as they arrive. The 

 Ifle of Man herrings are generally very large, flat, and 

 well flavoured. Smelts are taken off Portaferry, and 

 mullet below the Quoile bridge near Down : falmon 

 alfo is caught in the fame river : before the canal was 

 made on the Lagan, numbers of falmon frequented that 

 river, but they were flopped by the locks, and have 

 BOW deferted it. Befides thefe fifh our coafts produce 

 whiting, gurnard, fea trouts, m^ckarel, fkate, lobfters, 

 crabs, fhrimps, prawns, and about the Copland iflands, 

 and on the northern and eaflern coafts, a fmall red 

 codlin, much better tafted than the cod, but which is 

 faid not to take fait fo well : nor muft we forget the 

 Ringhaddy oyfters, nor the more excellent ones of Car- 

 lingford, which in fome degree may be faid to belong 

 to this county ; nor thofe taken near Bangor, equally 

 remarkable for fize and flavour. 



SECT. 4. Landed Proprietors. 



MOST of the proprietors in this county are refident ; 

 and almoft all the proprietors are improvers, as muft 

 be vifible to every perfon, who traverfes the country 5 



nor 



