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two cows and one horfe ; and about half have 

 horfes, two or three pigs, and many poultry ; 

 half a rood of flax, one acre potatoes, or half 

 at a medium. They live on potatoes, oats, or 

 barley bread, or butter ; like oats much bet- 

 ter. Their circumftances are much improved 

 in 20 years. They pay rent 12s. to 14s. an 

 acre for their lands, 



September 4th, to Kiltartan, the feat of Ro- 

 bert Gregory, Efq. who is engaged in purfuits 

 which, if well imitated, will improve the face 

 of the country not a little. He has built a 

 large houfe with numerous offices, ahd taken 

 5 or 600 acres of land into his own hands, 

 which I found him improving with great fpirit. 

 Walling was his firft object, of which he has 

 executed many miles in the raoft perfect man- 

 ner : his dry ones, 6 feet high, 3 feet and a half 

 thick at bottom, and 20 inches at top, coft 

 2s. 6d. the perch, running meafure. Piers in 

 mortar, with agate andirons complete, il. 14s. 

 Walls in mortar, five feet high, coft 6s. a perch. 

 He has fixed two Englifli bailiffs on his farm, 

 one for accounts and overlooking his walling 

 and other bufinefs ; and another from Nor- 

 folk, for introducing the turnip hufbandry ; 

 he has 12 acres this year; and what particu- 

 larly pleafed me, I faw fome Irifhmen hoeing 

 them j the Norfolk man had taught them ; 

 and I was convinced in a moment, that thefe 

 people would by practice foon attain a fufficient 

 degree of perfe&ion in it. The foil around is 

 all a dry found good lime-ftone land, and lets 

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