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The trade of Liverpool increafed regu- 

 larly during the whole courfe of the war, 

 and was at its height when the new regu- 

 lations of the A?nerican trade took place : 

 The flopping the trade with the Spaniards 

 in America, with fome other meafures at 

 that time relative to the Colonies, gave a 

 blow to the commerce of this town, which 

 £he has not recovered -, fo that they- have 

 lince been, and are now, much upon the 

 decline : A great number of ihips are laid 

 by in the harbour, and a general languor 

 foread over their whole trade. 



The hufbandry around Ormjkirk, parti- 

 cularly about Halfaliy is as follows : The 

 foil is in general a fandy loam ; letts, upon 

 an average, at i ^ s. per acre. Farms from 

 5 /. to 100 1, a year, but chiefly about 40/. 

 Their courfe is, 



1. Break up the ground, and fowOats 



2. Barley 



3. Wheat 



4. Oats 



5. Vetches 



6. Barley 



7. Clover three or four years, and 



then comes to grafs of itfelf, 

 and very fine grafs it muft be. 



They 



