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every creek has four or five boats — none bar- 

 reled by the people, but the merchants of 

 Wexford barrel them for the Weft Indies. 



From St. Margaret's, I took the road to 

 Wexford, the whole way through the barony 

 of Forth. I faw nothing but ftraw hats for 

 men as well as women, and found afterwards 

 that they were worn through the whole coun- 

 ty, and they give a comic appearance to every 

 group one meets. Laid at the King's Arms 

 at Wexford, a very clean and good inn. There 

 are 14 or 15 fmall (hips belonging to this port, 

 but a bar at the mouth of the harbour pre- 

 vents large ones coming in. 



July 13th, CrolTed the harbour in a ferry- 

 boat, in order to take the lower road to 

 Gowry. PafTed over much fandy land by the 

 fea fide, covered with fern ; large tracts of it, 

 and divided into inclofures, as if it had been 

 cultivated. Near the town I obferved fome 

 heaps of fea- weed rotting for manure. At 

 the 60th mile ftone large fandy trads, covered 

 with furze and fern. As profitable land for 

 improvement as any I have feen ; lets for 6s. 

 or 7s. an acre, but there is much other land 

 at 15s. 



Their courfe here is: 1. Oats, 7 or 8 bar- 

 rels. 2. Barley, 6 ditto. 3. Oats. 4. Bar- 

 ley. 5. Clover and rye-grafs 3 to 6 years. 

 Towards Wells, and from thence to Gowry, 

 land is higher, much of it at 20 s. and fome 

 higher ftill. 



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