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lord and tenant supplied respectively the capital and 

 skill, and mutually shared the profits or loss. The farm 

 comprised 1500 acres of arable land, and was to be 

 managed by Mr Skilling. Whichever party supplied 

 the capital for stocking and working the farm, was first 

 to receive five per cent, before any division of the pro- 

 ceeds was made. The whole proceeds remaining were 

 to be divided into three parts, two of which went to Mr 

 Skilling to pay labour and superintendence, and one to 

 Lord Wallscourt for the use of his land. Neither party, 

 it is said, found the arrangement a profitable one, as it 

 was probably not long enough continued to allow the 

 benefits of better farming to tell. This may account 

 for the appearance of the grazing fields and green crops, 

 which did' not indicate good or rich farming. The 

 quality of the short-horn cattle and Leicester sheep was 

 very good, but the numbers, for such an extent of land, 

 inconsiderable. 



Along the bay, to the west of Galway, the country is 

 very rocky, but the abundant supply of sea- weed enables 

 the cultivator to keep it in good condition. It is held 

 in small farms, for which, as tillage, it is certainly best 

 suited. Indeed, so stony is this part of the country, 

 that it would be impossible to cultivate it profitably on 

 a large scale, on account of the numerous obstructions. 

 This, I am informed, is the character of all the land 

 along the north side of the bay of Galway. 



The town of Galway is situated at the head of the 

 bay of that name, and on the river which discharges 

 Lough Corrib into the sea. In old times, a consider- 

 able intercourse was kept up betwixt Spain and the 



