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tory of confequence, but blankets are made 

 at Kilkenny. The leafcs are all for 21 or 31 

 years, as the whole country is Roman Catho- 

 lic. Much land is in the occupation of un- 

 der tenants, who hire of middle men. but 

 generally under old leafes ; when land was at 

 its heighth, many hired alfo on fpeculation, 

 but the fall of lands has put a great Hop to 

 it. A cabbin and an acre lets at 3I. 3s. and if 

 more land 40s. or 42s. an acre, the cotters have 

 many of them a cow, and fome two, and a 

 pig and fome poultry. In refped to their 

 condition, they have their belly full of pota- 

 toes, and their children eat them all day 

 long i all cattle lay with them in the cabbins* 

 Scarcity of fuel is the worft circumftance. All 

 the lower clalTes are Roman Catholics, No 

 emigrations. The general (late of the poor 

 will appear from the following account of Mr. 

 Bufhe's hay-makers - ? he was obliging enough 

 to make them all appear in array, and anfw 7 er 

 to the queftions I put to them. The follow- 

 ing are the particulars they gave me. 



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