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are very fmall, let to weavers, &c. They 

 meafure by the boll of 10 bufhels, a good crop 

 ot oats three to four and a half. 



This road is abominably bad, continually 

 over hills, rough, ftony, and cut up. It is a 

 turnpike, which in Ireland is a fynonimous 

 term for a vile road, which is the more ex^ 

 traordinary, as -the bye ones are the fineft in 

 the world. It is the effect of jobs and impo- 

 sition which difgrace the kingdom j the pre- 

 ferment roads (hew what may be done, and 

 render thefe villainous turnpikes the more 

 difgufting. 



Called at Lord Gosfort's, to whom I had 

 been introduced by Lord Harcourt, but he 

 was not yet come from Dublin • his fteward, 

 however, gave me the few following particu- 

 lars. About Market-Hill they meafure by the 

 Englifh acre, and let from 8s. mountain to 12s. 

 and 1 4s. The courfes are : 



1. Oats. 2. Oats. 3. Oats, 4. Oats. 5. 

 Oats. 6. Oats, then leave it to itfelf to graze 

 3 or 4 years, this on good ftrong land ; on 

 worfe 3 or 4 of oats, and 3 or 4 of grafs, that 

 is weeds, they reckon-the beft management to 

 lime it on the fod, then 3 crops of oats, and 3 

 years left, and that one liming will laft many 

 years. 



Meafure by bolls, each 10 bufhels ; fow 6 

 ^ufliels of oats to an acre j a good crop is 60 



bufhels. 



