tracted from it. By the process on this estate, nino 

 bushels of Potatoes are mixed with one of Malt, to 

 draw the wort, which is afterwards distilled, so as to 

 produce a spirit containing 80 per cent, of Alcohol, in 

 which state it pays a duty (much complained of) of 

 sixpence per gallon. It is reduced, before it is sold, 

 till it retains 50 per cent, of Alcohol; and the price 

 charged to the retailers is about iburteen-pence per 

 gallon. 



Another person, of the same rank, who had turned 

 his attention to the improvement of his property, 

 boasted that his Corn land already yielded near six- 

 fold for the seed that was sown, and could be further 

 increased. He, too, cultivated Potatoes very ex- 

 tensively, and, by converting them into starch arid 

 treacle, made that land yield a profit, which, had it 

 been devoted to Corn, would have produced a loss. 

 He had tried to make sugar from Potatoes, and found 

 it not advantageous ; but he assured me that treacle 

 paid him well, and he could afford to sell it 18*. per 

 cwt. whilst that from the West Indies cost 24s. I 

 could perceive no difference between the sweetness 

 of this treacle and that from the tropics, but it has 

 less consistency. 



A nobleman whom I had before known, to whose 

 hospitality I am much indebted, and whose estate I 

 viewed in detail, took the trouble to furnish me with 

 the course of Cultivation he pursued on the property 

 on which he resides, (see Appendix, No. 12.) Though 

 cultivated with care, and though fairly productive, I 

 readily give credit to what he assured me, that the 

 whole benefit which he derived from the estate of 

 6,300 acres, in his joint capacity of landlord and cul- 

 tivator, had not exceeded the amount for which he 

 had sold his annual clip of the wool of his flock of 

 4,000 sheep. 



On the several other estates that I viewed, the 

 recurrence of Corn crops was equally distant; the 



