22 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. /. 



With respect to the general state of the wea- 

 ther, through the different seasons of the year, 

 it is unnecessary to be particular. 



It is not from the severity of the seasons, from 

 the quantity 7 of rain that falls, or the extremes of 

 heat and cold, that the husbandman has so much 

 to fear, as from the inconstancy and variableness 

 of the weather ; an evil from which no season 

 of the year is exempted, and which this county 

 feels in common with the whole island. Sel- 

 dom do two seasons, of the same tenor, follow 

 in succession, Even the same week, nay, often 

 the same day, exhibits sudden and unexpected 

 changes, which must unavoidably embarrass and 

 retard the operations of husbandry. The incon- 

 veniencies, however, arising from this unfavour- 

 able circumstance, are not so great as to give any 

 serious check to the efforts of industry, or to pre- 

 vent, in any material degree, the progress of 

 agricultural improvement. They may be great- 

 ly lessened, and, in some cases, altogether pre- 

 vented, by attention and activity. Extraordina- 

 ry labour and expence they will, no doubt, fre- 

 quently occasion : but judicious management, 

 and persevering exertion, shall ultimately suc- 

 ceed. 



SECT. IT. SOIL AND CLIMATE. 



^ THIS county exhibits a great variety of soil, 

 differing much both in kind and quality clay, 

 loam, gravel, sand, moss, and each of these di- 

 versified according to the proportions in which 

 they are intermixed and combined. This ac- 



