82 Bad Accommodations at Port Patrick. 



view of the bay. We were told that the system 

 of green crops had been introduced into some 

 of his Lordship's farms ; we saw but one small 

 patch of turnips, although the soil is well 

 disposed to their growth. 



It has been in contemplation to make a new 

 line of road to the port, which would save some 

 miles, and avoid Stranraer. The public would 

 be gainers by the alteration 5 but the petty in- 

 terests of individuals have hitherto prevented 

 the undertaking. 



From Stranraer the country is hilly ; and the 

 regularity of the fences would induce a belief 

 that the enclosures are of modern date. 



Notwithstanding the great intercourse be- 

 tween Port Patrick and Donaghadee, the inns 

 at the former place are but indifferent. When 

 the packets happen to be detained for a few 

 days, the place becomes so crowded that not a 

 bed is to be had. The collector's appears to be 

 the only good house in the town. The con- 

 tracted entrance of the harbour renders it dan- 

 gerous for a ship to come in during a gale of wind. 

 The packets are good vessels, and are well 

 manned. One accident only has occurred dur- 

 ing the last twenty years. The tides run so 



