3o6 E L P H I N. 



Since the bounty on the inland carriage of 

 corn to Dublin, much is fent from the county 

 of Rofcommon, and even farther from Sligo and 

 Mayo; and this buiinefs of carriage was men- 

 tioned to me as a proof of the great excellency 

 of the Iriih car. They carry from 9 cwt. to 1 2 

 cwt. with a fingle horfe that is not worth above 

 5I. The dillance from hence is 67 miles, and 

 they are 9 days going and returning : they come 

 back loaded. For 1 6s. 3d. they will carry a 

 load of any thing to Dublin, without the ad- 

 vantage of any bounty. 



Auguft 23d, leave Strokeftown, and take 

 the road to Elphin, through a country princi- 

 pally fhcep walks; the foil dry found gravel, 

 and ftoney land. Waited on the bifhop, who 

 was fo obliging as to procure me feveral valu- 

 able particulars concerning the neighbourhood. 



His Lordfhip fhewed me the particular of his 

 bifhoprick, which confifts of very large tracls 

 of land both in Rofcommon and Sligo, from this 

 the rental appears. The total of his particular 

 are, 18,223 profitable acres, 5*382 unprofitable. 

 Rent 1,742k Fines 1, 2 1 61. 23,000 acres, let 

 for 1,742!. mud neceffarily be very moderate. 

 Refpecling fheep walks, the following is an 

 account of what a farm of 1000 acres is on an 

 average; 2000 fheep kept on it worth 14s. 100 

 bullocks, that is, 60 two year olds, and 40 

 three year olds. 



Annual 



