162 STATISTICAL SURVEY 



The following is a lift of fmall dues, given by a 

 neighbouring clergyman as a very old cuftom in 

 his parifh, but never exafted. I fuppofe the fame 

 holds good in moft parifhes throughout the diocefe, 

 and alfo not demanded; at leaft I never could learn, 

 that they were. 



Modus. Turf 6d. ; garden is. id.\ Eafler dues 4</.; 

 a new-milch cow yd.\ ftripper cow $\d.\ ftieep or 

 lamb \d.\ foal 6d. Marriage is. 6V.; chriftening is. 

 6d.\ burial is. Each tradefman is. yearly. 



Oats and barley are the principal articles, on which 

 an acreable charge is made ; the former from 4^. to 

 dr., and the latter fometimes as high as 8/.; bw thi* 

 fflodc is not general. 



SECT. 5. Ufe of Beer and Spirits whether either t of 

 which is encreajtng. 



THE extreme dearth of food, in part of the year 

 1799, and the whole of the years 1800 and 1801, put 

 a total flop to the diftilling of fpirits, and, in a great 

 meafure, to brewing. 



For many years back, fpirits have taken the lead of 

 malt liquor in a confiderable degree. I am not alto- 

 gether clear, but the quantity of fpirits, diftilled in this 

 county for the laft forty or fifty years, was more than 



double 



