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working farmers. Formerly, barley bread 

 was prevalent at the tables of the middle 

 claffes of fociety. The beverage is. chiefly 

 diier ; or, during a fcarcity of this, i^eer : 

 the liquors are a bafe kind of fpirit drawn 

 from the ices of cider, and fmuggled French 

 brandy. 



6. The FUEL of farmers and cottagers, 

 \n the inclofed cpuntry, is invariably -zt'Wi 

 on the fkirts of the mountains, peat^ or 

 turf, is in ufe. Lime is burnt chiefly or 

 wholly with Welch culmy and Plymouth 

 has a fiipply of Newcaftle coa/s. 



y. The employments of the Diflirid: 

 are chiefly thofe of hujhandry. T|ie little 

 7ntning which has lately been done, has been 

 carried on chiefly, I believe, with miners 

 from the Wefl:ern parts, of Cornwall. At 

 Tavifliock, is a &erge immifaBory, but not, 

 I believe, of any great extent, and the 

 fpinniug (^^''t£;^;;)^£'</employs,of courfe, fome 

 of the female villagers in its neighbour- 

 hood. Much worfled yarn, however, is 

 fent out of Cornwall, to be woven in 

 Devonfliire -, where wofnen are employed iri 

 the iceavmg offergcs. 



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