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the beft roots, and then replanting them, fo 

 that the owner is perfectly deceived when he 

 takes up the crop. A poor man's turf from I 5s. 

 to 20s. Living is exceedingly cheap here, be- 

 fides the common provilions, which I have eve- 

 ry where regiftered, wild ducks are only 3d. 

 and powder and {hot: Piover, i^d. and ditto: 

 woodcocks, id. andditto: Snipes, 1 Ad. and dit- 

 to ; teal, 2d. and ditto, and widgeon the fame; 

 falmon, lid. a lb. trout, perch, pike, and bream, 

 fo plentiful as to have no price. Sir James Cald- 

 well has taken 1 7 cwt. of fifh, bream and pike, 

 in one day : cod, 3s. a dozen: whiting, from 8d. 

 to is. a dozen: herrings, from 3d. to gd. per 100. 

 lobfters, from 3s. 6d. to 4s. a dozen : oyfters, 6d. 

 to2od.aioo. eels, 2s. a dozen: crabs, is. to 2s. 

 a dozen : wages, 61. dairy-maids, and others, 

 4I. There is very little weaving in this coun- 

 try, except what is for their own ufe, but fpin- 

 ning is univerfal in all the cabbins. They re- 

 ceive for fpinning fpangle yarn, or four hanks, 

 is. 2d. a fpangle, and they will fpin it in four 

 days. Country fervants are hired at 3I. a year, 

 who engage to do the work of the houfe, and 

 fpin a hank, that is a dozen a day, there are 1 2 

 cats to the dozen. 



In the mountain tracls, the rents are paid by 

 yarn, young cattle, and a little butter. They 

 fpin a good deal of wool, which they make into 

 druggets, the warp of tow-yarn, and the weft 

 of wool. The following paiticularsof 34 of Sir 

 James's labourers will {hew the ftate of the poor 

 • in this neighbourhood, refpeclin^ their flock, 

 potatoe land, and quantity of flax feed fown: 



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