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or two hundred per cent, dearer than they can 

 get them at home. They are not allowed to 

 take out any woollen goods but for their own 

 ufe. The fnips go loaded with pork, beef, 

 butter, and fome fait : and bring home pafTenr- 

 gers, or get freights where they can ; fome- 

 times rum. The Waterford pork comes prin- 

 cipally from the barony of Iverk in Kilkenny, 

 where they fatten great numbers of large hogs ; 

 for many weeks together they kill here three to 

 four thoufand a week, the price 505. to 4!. 

 each; goes chiefly to Newfoundland. One 

 was killed in Mr. Penrofe's cellar, that weighed 

 five cwt. and a quarter, and meafured from 

 the nofe to the end of the tail, nine feet four 

 inches. 



There is a foundery at Waterford for pots, 

 kettles, weights, and all common utenfils ; and 

 a manufactory by meflieurs King and Tegent, 

 of anvils to anchors, 20 cwt. &c. which em- 

 ploys 40 hands. Smiths earn from 6s. to 243. 

 a week. Nailors, from los. to las. And 

 another lefs considerable. There are two fu- 

 gar-houfes, and many falt-houfes. The fait 

 is boiled over lime -kilns. 



There is a fifhery upon the coaft of Water- 

 ford, for a great variety of fifh, herrings par- 

 ticularly in the mouth of Waterford harbour, 

 and two years ago in fuch quantities there, 

 that the tides left the ditches full of them. 

 There are fome premium boats both here and 



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