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where valued by the proclor by the acre. No 

 emigrations from the county of Corke. The 

 religion is almoft univerfally catholic. Build- 

 ing a common cabbin 5!. two of ftone, &c. for 

 31!. jos. They carry half a barrel of fea fand 

 on horfeback, fourteen miles from Corke to 

 the mountains of Barrymore, and to Mr. Cop- 

 pinger's, twenty-four miles, and it improves 

 much for tillage : bat it is carried when not 

 to mountains in cars : it is not found to be ib 

 good as lime. 



There is a woollen trade at Caftle Martyr : 

 Mr. James Pratt in particular buys wool in 

 Tipperary and at Ballynafloe. The beft is the 

 Connaught ; it is the fineft, and is fhort ; the 

 longeft is in the county of Carlovv and Tip- 

 perary. In Carlovv they keep the fheep fatten- 

 ing a year longer, after buying in Tipperary. 

 Tippefary wool 5lb. Carlow 61b. Connaught 

 4-^lb. In Ibrting, the fine belly wool is fepa- 

 rated, thefinerwill make cloth of los. or 123. 

 a yard. The back and fides are laid by for 

 combing, the other is carded ; about four fifths 

 of the fleece is combed. Combs in his own 

 houfe, employing 16 to 20 hands; pays them 

 by the ball, 3d. each of 24 oz. and they earn 

 8 s. a week ; thefe balls are given out to the 

 poor people to fpin, employing above a 

 thoufand fpinners. They fpin a ball from n 

 to 13 fkain in four days, attending their fa- 

 mily befides. The value is 2s. 8d. per ball : 

 are paid 9d. a ball. In this way of doing it 

 there are not many tricks, being in general 



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