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a glofs. It is fold at Dublin •, half the manu- 

 facture to London from Newry, Belfaft, or 

 Dublin. Cambrick all fold in Dublin: it en- 

 creafes much. In 1771 more goods made than 

 at prefent. England the great comfumption 

 of Irifh linens. Scotland nor Germany inter- 

 fere with thofe above defcribed. No rivals in 

 the Irifh 7-8ths and 3-4-ths yard wide, but in 

 the dowlas and diaper the Germans; and in 

 fheeting the Ruffians. The dowlas and {heat- 

 ing are made in King's and Queen's County, 

 and Weftmeath. Diapers here, in which the 

 fame yarn as above, the breadths various, and 

 the weavers make more by it than by linen. 

 The trade as brifk at prefent as the reft. 

 Hands are plentiful for the demand, notwith- 

 ftanding the emigrations ; but the men do 

 not work more than half what they might do, 

 owing to the cheapnefs of provifions making 

 them'idle, as they think of nothing more than 

 the prefent neceffity. A general remark of 

 all who know the trade, that when provifions 

 are dear the more goods come to market ; 

 what they raife themfelves not half feeding 

 them. A child 7 years old earns id. a day 

 fpinning. There are as many employed in, 

 diaper as in cambricks. Manufacture not 

 doubled in 15 years, about i-third or i-fourth 

 increafe in that time. The prefent high price 

 of linens and yarn attributed to the increafed 

 demand at Manchefter for yarn : it is now od. 

 a hank. Alfo to the Spanifh market for linen 

 being almoft a new trade. Likewife to fo- 

 reign linens coming dearer to market than for 



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