39 2 COUNTY OF GALWAY. 



ftock. Land fells at 21 years purchafe. The 

 rents have fallen fince 1772, but are now rifing 

 from the greater price of wool, black cattle, and 

 linen. Tythes are compounded by the proc- 

 tors with gentlemen, but they fcrew up the 

 poor people to the utmoft. There are ftili 

 many men who make it their bufinefs to hire 

 large tracts of land in order to re-let at advan- 

 ced rents. Population increafes greatly, yet 

 many of them live very poorly upon potatoes 

 and water, with fome oatmeal. There are 

 many that have no cows, only a houfe and a 

 garden. The grafs of a cow is 30s. This is 

 not the cafe, however, at Moniva; there they 

 have all cows, and are very rarely without 

 milk. Rent of a cabbin and an acre, 20s. 

 building the cabbin for them (elves ; and 30s. 

 if it is built for them. There were many 

 emigrants from Galvvay to America, but only 

 of the loofe idle people. The general religion 

 is roman catholic, but about Moniva chiefly 

 protectant. 



Mr. Andrew French, of Rathone Galway, 

 who I met at Moniva, favoured me with the 

 following particulars. At Galway there is a 

 falmon fimery, which lets at 200I. a year 3 

 and in the bay of Galway they have a confider- 

 abie herring fiihery. There are belonging to 

 the town 200 to 250 boats, 40 or 50 of which 

 are employed in the fpring fifhery, for cod, 

 hake, mackarel, &c. &c. Thefe boats are from 

 4 to 6 tons, lome q tons. They cofl building, 

 2ol, a boat, and the nets and tackle, 1 5I. the 



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