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him defervedly efreemed, took every meafure I 

 could vvifli for my information. The road 

 leads very beautifully on the fide of the har- 

 bour under a fhoreof boldhills, on Which 'are 

 many villas and forne plantations, for the 

 following particulars concerning the neigh- 

 bourhood, I am indebted to Mr. Trent, 



On the fouth fide of the river, &c. the foil is 

 a fine lime-ftone '; the country level for a mile 

 or two, then fvvelling into very gentle hills. On 

 the north fide, which is much better planted, 

 particularly at Lota, Dunkettle,&c. the ground 

 rifes in bold aicents, adorned with many bean- 

 tifully-fituated country-houfes. Here the ftra- 

 turn is brown, or rather red {tone, and the fur- 

 face (hallow ; in fome places a burning gravel. 

 There is a good deal of arable land on the fides 

 of the hills. The courfe of crops : 



I. Potatoes. 2. Wheat. 3. Barley or oats. 

 4. Lay down with feeds. 



Potatoes yield per acre from lol, to 20!. 

 Average quantity fifty barrels, at eighteen flone 

 each. Land manured and let to labourers for 

 planting, at four or five guineas an acre. Wheat 

 from feven to ten barrels of twenty ftone, at 

 2os. a barrel ; average price from 198. to 243. 

 per barrel. The manures are Corke dung of the 

 richeilkind, efpecially in the flaughtering fea- 

 fon ; fea fand for tillage, and bank fand from 

 the river for grafs grounds. There is water- 

 carriage to the eadward for many miles : feve- 

 ral good quays for landing manure, particular. 



