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fore couple breaking, the other two drew the 

 load above a mile to a forge. Two of them 

 drew 35 cwt. of flag ftonc, three miles with 

 eafe ; but Lord Shannon does not in common 

 work them in this manner, three tons he thinks 

 a proper load for four bullocks. Upon the bai- 

 liff, Mr. Berc, mentioning loads drawn bythefe 

 oxen, that appeared tome moft extraordinarily 

 great, I exprefled many doubts; his Lordfhip 

 immediately ordered the French harveft cart to 

 be loaded half a mile from the reeks : it was 

 done 3 1020 iheafs of wheat were laid' on it, 

 and two oxen drew it without difficulty; we 

 then weighed forty fheafs, the weight 25ilb. 

 at which rate the 1020 came to 6375 Ib. or 

 above three tons, which is a vaft weight for 

 two oxen to draw ; I am very much in doubt 

 whether in yoaks they would have ftirred the 

 cart fo loaded. 



Lord Shannon has an excellent way of ma- 

 naging all his cattle in one circumftance, which 

 is to mark them on the horn with numbers, 

 and keeps a book ruled in columns, and en- 

 graved, by which means, on turning to the 

 number, he fees every particular of the bead, 

 which are inferted in the columns. He trains 

 them for work at three to four years old, gent- 

 ly breaking them in at once, without any dif- 

 ficulty. 



The common hufbandry about Caftle Mar- 

 tyr, will be feen from the following account, 

 for which particulars I am obliged to the atten- 

 tion 



