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to be loaded with f rut f and timber. But in no 

 part of the county do they plant grafs pota- 

 toes : they plant many of the bull or turk fort 

 for their pigs, but they are reckoned an un- 

 wholcfome fort for the people to feed on. Par- 

 ing and burning land was common before the 

 law pafled againfl it, but of late very little. 

 Upon the coafl there is a great deal of fea- 

 weed and fea-fand, efpecially beyond Dungar- 

 von and Waterford. Flax is fcarcely any where 

 fown. The poor people feed on potatoes and 

 milk ; mofl of them have cows ; many of them 

 for a part of the year only fait : but they have 

 oat bread when potatoes are not in feafon. 

 They all keep pigs, but never eat them. Their 

 circumflances are in general greatly better than 

 they were twenty years ago, both in food and 

 cloathing; they have now all flioes and (lock- 

 ings, and are decently drefTed every Sunday. 

 No hats among the women, and it is the fame 

 in other parts. Their labour is valued, and 

 they are paid the amount in land. The 

 religion of the lower claries is the Roman 

 catholic. 



Emigrations from this part of Ireland prin- 

 cipally to Newfoundland, for a feafon ; they 

 have i81. or 20!. for their pay, and are main- 

 tained, but they do not bring home more than 

 7!. to nl. Some of them flay and fettle; 

 three years ago there was an emigration of in- 

 dented fervants to North Carolina, of 300, but 

 they were flopped by contrary winds, 6cc. 

 There had been fomething of this conflantly, 



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