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SECTION I. 



Extent of Ireland. 



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_TN order to know the confequence and relative importance of 

 A any country, it is neceflary to be acquainted with its ex- 

 tent ; I have reafon to believe that that of Ireland is not ac- 

 curately known. I infert the following table of the acres of 

 each county, plantation meafure, becaufe there are feveral ob- 

 fervations to be made on it. 



Acres. Acres 



Ulfter Antrim, 383,020 Munfter, - Clare, 428,187 

 Armagh, 170,620 Corke, 991,010 



Cavan, 274,800 Kerry, 636,905 



Dow,n, 344,658 Limerick, 375,320 



Donnegal, 630,157 Tipperary, 599,500 



Fermanagh, 224,807 Waterford, 259,010 



Londonder. 251,510 



Monaghan, 170,090 

 Tyrone, 387,175 



Total, - 1,836,837 



Leinfter,-*-Carlow, 116,900 

 Dublin, 123.784 

 Kildare, 228,590 

 Kilkenny, 287,650 

 King's Co. 257,510 

 Longford, 134,700 

 Louth, 111,180 

 Meath, 326,480 

 Queen'sCo. 238,415 

 Weftmeath, 249,94- 

 Wexrbrd, 315,396 

 Wicklow, 252,410 



Total, 



2,642,958 



Total, 



3,289,932 



Conaug. Galway, 775,515 

 Leitrim, 206,830 

 Mayo, 724,640 

 Rofcomm. 324,370 



Sligo, 



Total, 



241,550 

 2,272,9*$ 



In all Ireland, 111042,642 



Gerard Malines makes the acres of Ireland eighteen millions : 

 (Lex Mercatoria, part i. p. 49) I fuppefe EngHili meafure, 

 which is eleven millions Irifli ; thefe two accounts flow there- 

 fore from the fame fource. Templeman's meafurement gives 

 it 27,457 fquare miles, cr 17,572,480 acres (Survey of the globe) 

 Englifli on a fcale of 60 miles to a degree, but conlequently it 

 is'profefledly erroneous, as a degree is 6o-| ; according to this 

 jneafure therefore, the contents in real acres would be 

 20,354,789 Englifli, and 12,721,743 Irifli. Thefe accounts 

 come fo nearly together, that they are all drawn from fimilar 

 data ; that is, from old maps. Newer ones have many blun- 

 ders $ but as no late aftual furvey has been made of the king- 

 dom, we muft depend on the authority we find. 



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