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thefe he throws into lands gently arched, lays 

 them down fo, and finds them found enough 

 for winter feeding without poaching, whereas 

 when flat, they are quite kneaded if any cat- 

 tle go into them. On this clay foil he finds 

 the beft manure is fea-fand and ihingle from 

 the beach. 



July 14, furtday — to church, and was fur- 

 prifed to find a large congregation : this is not 

 often the cafe in Ireland out of a mafs houfe. 

 — Gallop on the ftrand; it is a fine firm beau- 

 tiful fand for miles. The paddies were fwim- 

 ming their horfes in the fea to cure the mange, 

 or keep them in health. 



The following particulars of the hufbandry 

 of the neighbourhood his Lordfhip's brother 

 gave me. 



At Courtown, and around Gowry, farms in 

 general fmall: but from 40 or 50 to 2 or 3000 

 acres, yet 200 acres are a large one, but very 

 many fmall of 30 to 50. The foil is a fkirt- 

 ing of fand againft the fea, the reft is gravel 

 and gravelly loam : alfo a thin ftratum of loam 

 on a yellow very miferable clay, 12 inches 

 thick, and under it univerfally a fine blue 

 marie of great depth. Rents rife from jos. to 

 30s. average 1 5s. to 20s. and of the whole 

 county 1 5s. A good deal of mountain, which 

 in its wild ftate does not let for more than 3s. 

 The little farmers improve it much by fallow 

 and lime, which they bring from Carlow, 25 

 miles. When improved, it is worth 16s. an 



acre, 



