202 BELFAST. 



To Redemon, the feat of Arthur Johnfton, 

 Efq; got there late in the evening, but being 

 abfent, I defired the fervants to give me a bed, 

 dreading being caught again at a village cab- 

 bin. 



July 31ft, to Saintfield. Rents are 10s. 6d. 

 an acre. Several bogs here ; one in particular 

 half cultivated, the reft unimproved j fine 

 oats, potatoes, and barley, were on it. One 

 piece of oats (hoots directly into the unculti- 

 vated part, and fhews plainly what might be 

 done with all the bogs of this country. 



Reached Belfaft in the forenoon, and was 

 then fortunate enough to meet with Mr. 

 Holmes, alfo a letter from Do&or Haliday, 

 who being abfent himfelf recommended me to 

 feveral other gentlemen. Gained upon the 

 whole the information I willied ; it conlifted of 

 the following particulars. 



The imports of Belfaft confift in rum, bran- 

 dy, geneva, and wines. Till within thefe two 

 years much grain, fince that none, but have 

 on the contrary exported fome. Coals from 

 Britain. Iron, timber, hemp, and afhes, from 

 the Baltic. Barilla from Spain for the bleach 

 greens. Tea, raw fugars, hops, and porter 

 the principal articles from Great Britain. From 

 North America, wheat, ftaves, iiour, and flax- 

 feed, all which cut off at prefent. The ex- 

 ports ar^ beef, butter, pork, to the Weft-In- 

 dira and France. The great article linen 



cloth 



