3 $4 M O N I V A. 



fame heath was to be fet out now, it would be 

 worth eight {hillings. After the oats above- 

 mentioned, has fet it readily at 14s. Dividing 

 the lands into divifions of from fifteen to twen- 

 ty-acred pieces, clears them of itones, and the 

 expenfe of the walls, is 



Drawing the ftones 

 Building dry 



If coped and da(hed, the additional 

 expenle will be 



They are all lime-ftone lands, and make very 

 fine fheep-walks. Before the improvement very 

 many fheep died on thefe grounds, of the red- 

 water, but fince the liming this has not hap- 

 pened ; nor would it before give flax, but now 

 very fine. 



Mr. French burns the lime in perpetual kilns 

 " with turf, laying in the turf and ftone in layers, 

 the fame as culm, and all expenfes included, 

 amount to 4d. a barrel roach, of 32 gallons. 

 Two cubical yards of turf will burn one cu- 

 bical yard of flone. If the turf is very- 

 good, one and an half will do. He tried French 

 kilns, in which he burned 1 500 and 2000 bar- 

 rels, but found it very uncertain, frequently 

 having the ftone come out unburnt. A kiln of 

 1500 barrels, comes to 25I. but often it ran to 

 40L he has upon the whole, found it far better 



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