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acre on which ioo barrels of unilacked iime 

 fhall be hid, within a certain number of 

 years, and on condition that the land hath a 

 winter and fummer fallow at the fame time. 

 In fome in fiances he allows 40s. per acre, 

 which is nearly the whole expenfe of liming; 

 and in fome instances, when iool. is laid out 

 on an houfe, he allows 50 or 60I. but as yet, 

 no great advantage is taken of his encourage- 

 ment to build. He endeavoured to prevent 

 the fcattered flyle of building; to have the 

 barns, {tables, &c. built round a farm yard, 

 and that the houfe fhould have a itory or 

 floor above. Some objected, that a floor raifed 

 an houfe too high, and expofed it too much : 

 the eftate is rather low as to fituation, and 

 fheltered by hills on every fide, but I under- 

 ftand fome considerable houfes are to be built 

 next year. The common farmers, however, 

 prefer living on the ground, furrounded by- 

 mud walls, have no idea of the chearfulnefs 

 of large windows, but let in barely light 

 enough to do their bufinefs through apertures 

 not much better than loop holes , neither has 

 the encouragement to lime been taken advan- 

 tage of in the degree it might be expe&ed. 

 Mr. H. is an hearty well-wifher to Ireland, 

 and ready to embrace any fcheme of improve- 

 ment for its advantage. He wifhed to make 

 fome return to the country for fpending the 

 income of the eftate out of it. He was rea- 

 dy to allow almoft the whole of every expenfe 

 that could be laid on the lands, knowing the 



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