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tern, of paying for labour by afligning fome 

 land to each cabbin. The country is greatly 

 more populous than twenty years ago, and is 

 now increafing; and if ever fo many cabbins 

 were built by a gradual increale, tenants would 

 be found for them. A cabbin, and five acres 

 of land, will let for 4!. a year. The induftri- 

 ous cottar, with two, three, or four acres, 

 would be exceedingly glad to have 4 his time td 

 himfelf, and have fuch an annual addition 

 of land as he was able to manage, paying 3 

 fair rent for it; none would decline it but the 

 idle and worthlefs. 



Tythes are all annually valued by the proc-r 

 tors, and charged very high. There are on 

 the Shannon about 100 boats employed in 

 bringing turf to Limerick from the coail of 

 Kerry and Clare, arid in fifhing, the former 

 carry from 20 to 25 tons, the latter from five 

 to ten, and are navigated each by two men and 

 a boy. 



October jth, pafled through a very unenterr 

 taining country (except for a few miles on the 

 bank of the Shannon) to Altavilla, but Mr. 

 Baternan being from home, I was difappoint- 

 ed in getting an account of the Palatines fet- 

 tled in his neighbourhood. Kept the road to 

 Adair, where Mrs. Quin, with a ppliteneis 

 equalled only by her underflanding, procure^ 

 me every intelligence J wilhed for. 



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