2i8* GI ANTS CAUSEWAY. 



They are, however, fometimes fo low that, 

 inftead of profit, the account is a lofing one ; 

 laft year they were 40*. a bufhel, and in Cole- 

 raine 3d. Oats are now is. a bufhel ; feve- 

 ral thoufand bufhels have been exported from 

 Coleraine to London at that price. 



There is a considerable falmon fifhery on 

 the coaft; the fifh are cured in puncheons 

 with common fait, and then in tierces of 42 

 gallons each, 6 of which make a ton; and 

 it fells at prefent at 17I. a ton, but never before 

 more than 1 61. average for 10 years 14I. 

 This rife of price is attributed to the American 

 fupply of the Mediterranean with fifh being 

 cut off. 



Rode from Mr. Lefty's to view the Giant's 

 Can fe way. It is certainly a very great cu- 

 riofity, as an objecl for {peculation, upon the 

 manner of its formation; whether it owes its 

 origin to fire, and is i fpecies of lava, or to 

 chryflalization, or to whatever caufe, is a 

 point that has employed the attention of men 

 much more able to decide upon it than I am ; 

 and has been fo often treated, that nothing 

 1 could fay could be new. When two bits 

 of thefe bafaltes are rubbed together quick, 

 they emit a confiderable fcent like burnt lea- 

 ther. The fcenery of the Caufeway, nor of 

 the adjacent mountains, is very magnificent, 

 though the clifts are bold ; but for a confi- 

 derable diftance there is a ftrong difpofition 



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