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rifes with a magnificent regularity from its bafe, 

 and is one of the fineft mountains I have feen. 



At Ballyna is a falmon fifliery, let for 520!. 

 a year, which is one of the moft confiderable in, 

 the kingdom -, generally feventy or eighty tons 

 falted, hefides the frefn. Clofe almofl to this 

 fifhery is a very pretty, and well-planted farm, 

 belonging to Mr. Jones. Mr. Lindfay, the 

 owner of this fifhery, improved 16 acres of 

 moor, covered with heath, in the following 

 manner: he covered it with lime-Hone gravel, 

 at the expenfe of 30s. an acre, left it two years, 

 by which time the heath was all dead; then 

 ploughed it the end of fummer, and in a month 

 harrowed it ; ploughed it and harrowed it again 

 after Chriftmas, and in the fpring fet it to poor 

 people, for potatoes, at 4I. an acre ; they got a 

 very good crop ; next year ploughed it, and fet 

 it for a fecond crop, reverfing the ridges, at 

 three guineas. After this crop, barley, and got 

 a good crop, fowing grafs feeds with it., 



Mr. Gore of Ballyna, had been mentioned 

 to me as one of the moft confiderable in cattle 

 of any perfon in Connaught; be was not at 

 home, but his fon-in-!aw, the Right Hon. Mr. 

 King, was fokind as to procure me the particu- 

 lars of his domain. Mr. Gore's breed of horned 

 cattle is fine. Some years ago he fold heifers at 

 50I. a piece, and now from ten to twenty gui- 

 neas j the breed not declined, but purchafers 

 not quite fo m;id as thev were. Yearling bulls 

 20 guineas. This breed he got from Yorkfhire 



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