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firft time I have met with the pradicc this 

 age. 



The hire of a cart, three horfes and a 

 driver a day, is 7J. 



In {locking farms they reckon 250/. fuf- 

 ficient for one of 100/. a year. 



Lands fell at fiom thirty to thirty-five 

 years purchafe. There are many fmall 

 eftatesofioo, 200, and 300/. a year. 



Tythes are both gathered and compoun- 

 ded, if the latter 



Wheat 4 J. 

 Barley 3 s. 

 Oats 2 J. 6 J. 

 Peafe 2s. 6d. 

 Poor rates bd. in the pound; the women 

 and children are in idlenefsj but tea- 

 drinkers. 



The farmers carry their corn ten miles. 

 Leafes are generally for terms of feven or 

 ■ fourteen years; but fome for two and three 

 lives. 



The following particulars of farms 

 will fhew the general economy of the 

 country. 



'oo acres 



