OF THE COUNTY OF TYRONE. u, 



Between Fintona and Five-mile-town, diftance about 

 feven miles ; about the former, the foil is thin and 

 cold, the fubftratum much inclined to ftrong tena- 

 cious clay. Near this town, a good plan of cutting 

 out a bog for prefent economy, and future profit, is 

 fpiritedly purfued by Mr. Eccles, which deferves 

 particular notice, .fince fo good a fyftem, I believe, 

 is not to be met with in the county, except near 

 Verner's ferry, on the borders of the Black-water, 

 which feparates the county of Armagh from this 

 county. 



About half way between the above towns is a large 

 mountain called MurJey, which makes a great and 

 ftriking feature in the barony of Clogher. This moun- 

 tain affords a great capability for improvement, the 

 furface being in general a rich peaty foil, with a fub-> 

 flratum of reddifti clay mixed with innumerable fmall 

 Hones. To render this mountain profitable, nothing 

 more need be done, than to mix the upper and lower 

 foils, which could be performed at little expence, fince 

 the fubftratum lies only at a fmall diftance from the 

 peat, or rich moor, the depth of which feldom exceeds 

 a foot. Nothing can fupport this obfervation better 

 than the fides of the road through the mountain, 

 where the foils were mixed in forming the road from 

 the water-tables. The white clover fprings immediately, 

 with many other ufeful grafles. This circumftance is 

 not peculiar to this diftricY; it is common throughout 



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