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and the young fry return againft the rlrearn ; 

 to enable them to do which with greater eafe 

 at the leap, ftraw ropes are hung in the water 

 for them -, when they return to fea, they are 

 taken: many of them w r eigh 9 or iolb. The 

 young falmon are called growls, and grow at 

 a rate which I fhould fuppofe fcarce any filh 

 commonly known cqunls ; for within the year 

 fome of them will come to 16 and i8lb. but 

 in general 10 or 1 alb. fuch as efcape the firft 

 year's fifhery are falmon \ and at 2 years old 

 will generally weigh 20 to 251b. This year's 

 fifhery has proved the greater!: that ever was 

 known, and they had the larger! hawl, tak- 

 ing 1452 falmon at one drag of one net. In 

 the year 1758, they had 882, which was the 

 next greatefi hawl. I had the pleafure of 

 feeing 370 drawn in atonce. They have this 

 year taken 400 ton of fifh ; 2CO fold frefh at 

 id. and ifd. a lb. and 200 falted, at 1 81. and 

 20I. per ton, which are fent to London, Spain, 

 and Italy. The fifhery employs 80 men, and 

 the expenfes in general calculated to equal the 

 rent. 



The linen manufacture is very general about 

 Coleraine, coarfe ten hundred linen. It is 

 carried to Dublin in cars 1 10 miles, at 5s. per 

 cwt. in fummer, and 7s. 6d. in winter. 



Rents in Derry 10s. 6d. the Irifh acre; and 

 farms from 6 to 1 5 acres. The emigrations 

 from this neighbourhood were in general of 



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