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tor every year values the tythe of the whole 

 farm. Leafes are, fome for ever, others 31 

 years, and fome 2 1 . The rent of a cabbin, 

 without land, 6s. with an acre of land, 

 il. 2s. pd. The grafs for a cow is 405. on 

 the mountains from is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. a 

 quarter. They have generally about five acres. 

 They all keep a cow or two. All on the 

 mountains have goats. Swine alfo are imi- 

 verfal among them. The labour of the farms 

 are generally carried on by cottars, to whom 

 the farmer affigns a cabbin, and a garden, 

 and the running of two collops on the moun- 

 tain, for which he pays a rent ; he is bound 

 to work with his matter for 3d. a day and 

 two meals. Their food in fummer potatoes 

 and mills j bi# in fpring they have only po- 

 tatoes and water. Sometimes they have her- 

 rings and fprats. They never eat falmon, 

 The religion is in general Roman catholic. 



Lime, is. a barrel, but may be burnt for 8d. 

 Fuel, all turf, J3d. a flane, each flane four 

 feet long, by two feet broad. Price of builcl- 

 ing a cabbin, with ftone and flate in {ime 

 mortar 20!. 



There has been a confiderable fifhery upon 

 the coaft of Kerry, particularly in the Ken- 

 mare, at Ballenfkillings in Iveragh, in the ri- 

 ver Valentia, in Bear Haven, in Caftlemain 

 bay, in Dingle bay, &c. Laft year, that in 

 the Kenmare river was the moft confiderable : 

 it employed twelve boats. This year none at 

 all ; the chief in Ballenlkerrings and river 



Valentia. 



