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If the roof is flated, the carpenter's work 

 is then, for hewing, fawing, and jcinlng, 

 6 s, 3. fquare. 



A rood of 49 fuperficial yards of fiating, 

 cofts, /. s. d. 



The flates at quarry, - i 1 2 o 



Carnage, four miles, - - o 7 o 



L 



laying on, - - - i i o 



o o 



This year, the principal work of carry- 

 ing on the ring- wall w^as continued with 

 great fpirit. And a fub-divifion w^as made to 

 inclofe i 6 acres for improving. This piece 

 was totally covered wath ling, not a fpot of 

 green fward, but all black peat earth : Many 

 ftones w^ere removed that were not fit for 

 walling, and the whole bufmefs oP clearing 

 very tough work. A working bailey w^as 

 fixed in the houfe, V\/ith three horfes and a 

 yoke of oxen, to execute the bufmefs of 

 carrying on this improvement. At the fame 

 time he turned i 30 fbeep on the farm. 



The m.ethod purfucd was that of paring 

 and burning, w^iich, like the walling, was 

 all done by meafure : Paring, burning, and 

 fpreading the afhes were well performed for 

 I 6 s. 6J. per acre. With the aflics of the 

 turfs, four chaldrons /'iV* acre of lime w^ere 

 fpread ; but in this article Mr. Scrocpe was 



fortunate, 



