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has not marie on his own ground, he pur- 

 chafes it from his neighbour, and pays from 

 il. is. to il. i os. for liberty to raife it, and if 

 they carry it a mile, or a mile and an half, it 

 coOs them 61. an acre. They are reckoned 

 very much to have exhaufted their land -, for 

 upon the credit of marling they will take 20 

 corn-crops running, and as a proof of this I 

 was told, that the Deanery of Down, which 

 confifts cf tythes in Lecale, was 2,20ol. a 

 year, 35 years ago, whereas it is now no 

 more than 160SI. owing to the decline of the 

 Lecale crops ; and this from the abufe of marie. 

 Second mariings do not fucceed, they think, 

 but it has not been tried. Lime they ufe only 

 on dry lands, and not often. They have the 

 {tone from Carlingford, and they burn it with 

 coals ; it colls them 1 id. a barrel, lay from 

 80 to 150: the lighter the land, the lefs they 

 lay on it: it lafts 8 or 9 crops; does upon old 

 marled lands better than a fecond marling. 

 Sea fhelly fand and gravel they have upon 

 their ownihore; lay them thick on ftifT red- 

 difh clay foils, and find great effect from them ; 

 lay greater quantities much than of marie, 

 about 800 one-horfe loads, the belt crops in 

 the barony are gained by it. Parts by fhelling 

 advanced, from 5s. to 25s. an acre. Very 

 little grafs land, and fcarce any cattle but cows 

 to every farm for convenience. The farmers 

 are generally not only in Lecale, but the 

 whole county much better and wealthier than 

 formerly. 



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