236 C L O N L E I G H. 



The inveftment of 8000L in this fifhery 

 employs 



Fifhermen 



Gutters 



Sundries 



To bring the flaves, a fhip of 

 200 tons, feamen 



764 tons of fait, 3 (hips 



9,874 barrels to the Weft In- 

 dies, 1234 tons, 12 (hips 



Befides boat-building, net making and coop- 

 ers. And the 90 fifhermen are a lure nurfery 

 of feamen ; much of this great fyftem of em- 

 ployment is in the depth of winter, when not 

 demanded for other purpofes. 



Auguft 8 th, left Derry, and took the road by 

 Raphoe, to the Rev. Mr. Golding's at Clon- 

 leigh, who favoured me with much valuable 

 information. The view of Derry, at the dif- 

 tance of a mile or two, is the moft pitturefque 

 of any place I have feen •> it feems to be built 

 on an iiland of bold land riling from the river, 

 which fpreads into a fine bafon at the foot of 

 the town; the adjacent country hilly, the 

 fcene wants nothing but wood to make it a 

 perfect landfcape. Palling Raphoe, found the 

 hufbandry in the neighbourhood of Clonleigh 

 as follows. The foil is for the moll part light 

 loamy land, with fingle large Hones, and very 



wet 



