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hood. Land fells at 21 and 22 years purchafe : 

 it let within 3 or 4 years at 5 per cent, lefs than 

 1 5 years ago, but it is now riling. Tythes are 

 fometimes taken in kind, but more commonly 

 fet to the farmer. Wheat 8s. Flax 8s. Oats 

 3s. Barley and bere 8s. Much land let to 

 thofe who do not occupy it, but who re-let it 

 to others at an advanced rent. 



The linen manufacture of fpinning is fpread 

 not only through Rofcommon, but all Con- 

 naught, and in Rofcommon they raife flax 

 enough for their own ufe ; weaving is creeping 

 in by degrees, about a twentieth part of their 

 yarn is woven in the country, into linens of 10 

 or 1 2 hundred, and meetings half quarter wide, 

 at iod. to is. 4:d. a yard. The yarn fpun is 

 moftly 2 hank yarn. A woman will fpin 6 

 hanks a week, of 4 hank yarn, at 4d. a hank, 

 4d. a day by 4 hank yarn, and 3d. a day by 2 

 hank yarn. The people are upon the increafe, 

 but not much •, they are better fed than 20 

 years ago, and better cloathed, but not more 

 induftrious, or better houfed. They live on 

 potatoes and milk, and butter. Scarce any but 

 ■what keeps a cow or two ; they are not allow- 

 ed to keep pigs in general, but many will a to- 

 lerable quantity of poultry. The rent of I 

 acre, and a houfe, is 20s. the grafs of a cow 

 il. 2S. The men dig turf, and plant potatoes, 

 and work for their landlord, and the women 

 pay the rent by fpinning. Great rife in prices, 

 butter one-third, beef one-fourth, poultry one- 

 half. Price of a car il. 14s. a plough 10s. 6d. 



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