2 a6 D E R R Y. 



Waited on Mr. Robert Alexander, one of 

 the principal merchants of Derry, who very 

 obligingly took every means of procuring me 

 fuch information as I wanted ; rode with me 

 to Loch Swilly for viewing the fcene of the 

 herring fifhery, and, aflifted by the Rev. Mr. 

 Barnard, gave me the following particulars 

 concerning it. 



In the barony of Innifhoen, the courfes are, 

 I. Barley 8 barrels ; 2. oats io; 3. oats 65 



4. lay for 3 years. 



1. Oats; 2. oats; 3. oats; 4 lay 3 years. 



1. Potatoes on lay; 2. barley; 3. oats 10 

 barrels; 4. oats 6; 5. oats 5 ; 6. lay 3 years. 



I. Potatoes iol. 2. barley; 3. oats ; 4. oats; 



5. flax 4 Cwt. . 



Barley the principal crop, and generally 

 worth 5I. to 61- Rent of the whole peninfula 

 to lord Donnegal 1 i,oool. and to the occupy- 

 ing tenant 22,oool. The meafure is the plan- 

 tation acre. The bottoms of Innifhoen 20s. an 

 acre: the whole county of Donnegal not is. 

 The linen is getting in but verynowly, but 

 fpinning very general, and the beft yarn in all 

 the north: they fpin all their own flax, and 

 generally into 3 hank yarn ; which all goes to 

 Derry, and from thence to Manchefter. The 

 fpinners fpin a hank a day : a pound of flax 

 worth 6d. fpins into 3 hanks, which fell at 



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