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lefs to fay, that he manures his land with un- 

 common fpirit. 



WASTE LAND. 



His Lordfhip has reclaimed 109 acres of 

 furze land, which he has eradicated, and 

 brought to a very profitable foil. 



WALLING. 



Lord Shannon has inclofed 380 acres with 

 a molt excellent wall, eight feet and a halfhigh 

 under the coping, and 8 inches above it. The 

 wall is two feet thick at bottom, and 18 inches 

 at top, and cofts 45. per perch, or il. i6s. 



running meafure. 



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BARN. 



The beft built barn I have feen in Ireland, 

 is at Caftle Martyr. The bays and threfhing 

 floor are fourteen feet high, and over them are 

 two ftories for granaries, the firft eight feet two 

 inches high, and the upper one eight feet nine 

 inches, befides the roof, with a door in the cen- 

 ter of the floors, and a wheel for winding 

 facks up. It is built in fuch a manner, the 

 doors, &cc. fo plated every where at the edges 

 with iron, that it is impoffible a moufe fhould 

 -get in or out ; or that a rat fhould any where 

 gnaw his way in. Upon clearing it laft year, 

 about twenty mice were found, that had been 

 carried in in the fhcafs, a little ftraw was laid 



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