OF THE COUNTY OF TYRONE. 119 



of the river, the whole way from Omagh to Newtown- 

 ftewart. The limits of this work cannot afford to fhew 

 my reafons in this place, but, if called upon at a future 

 time, I {hall be ready to anfwer; but to return: 



Be fides the accommodation of the traveller, and 

 the ufe of ro^ds from town to town, to mills, &c. 

 other objefts fhould be in view. The principal are 

 limeflone quarries, and the means of being able to 

 get into extenfive bogs, to carry off bog-timber,' which 

 at prefent (and it muft be the cafe for many years) is 

 the chief refource of the whole country, for cabins, 

 Joom-timber, and many other purpofes. 



No fpecies of improvement could tend more to 

 ferve the community at large than the above; many 

 thoufands of acres might be limed, which for want 

 of roads to the quarries are given up. The more land 

 is brought into culture, the more difficult it is to get at 

 Jimeflone quarries, becaufe the carriage of limeflone 

 generally takes place in the fummer feafon. It is uni- 

 verfally allowed, that limeftone could be procured 

 twenty years ago, upon much eafier terms than at 

 prefent, as at that time very little grain or potatoes 

 were in the mountainous parts, to prevent the carriage 

 of limeflone; hence the great neceffity of making 

 roads, and the fooner the better. 



All perfons, whofe property lies convenient to a 

 good limeflone quarry, fhould exert themfelves, in 

 having roads conduced, as well as thofe, on whofe 



lands 



