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L E S L Y HILL. *2i$ 



The food of the poor people is potatoes, 

 oatmeal, and milk. They generally keep 

 cows j fome ©f them will have a quarter or 

 a fide of beef in winter, but not all. Upon 

 the whole, they are in general much better 

 off than they were 20 years ago, and drefs 

 remarkably well. The manufacture is at pre- 

 fent very flourifhing. When the price of 

 cloth is low or bad, numbers of weavers turn 

 labourers. 



The emigrations were confiderable in 1772 

 and 1773, anc * carr ^ e< ^ °ff a good deal of mo- 

 ney, but it was chiefly of diilblute and idle 

 people : they were not milled at all. There 

 is fome land yet in the rundale way, but 

 20 years ago much more ; alfo change-dale, 

 which is every man changing his land every 

 year. 



Rents have fallen, in 4 years, 3s. an acre, and 

 arc but juft beginning to get up again. Lanq 

 fells at 21 years purchafe. Labour has rifen, 

 in 20 years, from $d. to yd. No rife in the 

 price of proviiions in 20 years, or very little. 

 The religion ten to one Presbyterians. 



Auguft 4th, accompanied Mr. Lefly to his 



brother's at — — ■ — , within 3 miles 



of the Giant's Canfeway, where I had the 

 pleafure of learning fevcral particulars con- 

 cerning the country upon the coall. They 

 mcafurc by the Cinunughain-acre. and rents 



are 



