i 4 8 STATISTICAL SURVEY 



number of years back, fupplied the country with tim- 

 ber for roofing, cars, and plough timber, with every 

 , other article the country flood in need of; now the 

 principal dependence is on the bogs, the procuring tim- 

 ber from which in their prefent ftate is always attend- 

 ed with many difficulties. The thinning of Lord 

 Mountjoy's improvements is now beginning to afford 

 the country fome relief, which, of courfe, will en- 

 creafe every year; alder, birch, fcotch and fpruce firs, 

 and mountain a(h, are the only articles, which can be 

 cut away at prefent, to eafe more valuable timber; 

 thofe articles are from fourteen to twenty years 

 growth, and are well calculated for cabin building, 

 and many other domeftic purpofes. Regular prices 

 are fixed for every article fuitable to the country, 

 which (hall hereafter be explained, when I come to 

 treat of the improvements at large; here I fhall only 

 take notice of fuch articles as are commonly made 

 ufe of in cabin building, this being the fubjecl under 

 confideration. 



In the neighbourhood of Omagh, and within a 

 reafonable diftance of the improvements of Rafti, a 

 cabin of the following dimenfions may be built for 

 the tinder prices. 



14X4 feet 



