ISO Lough Neagh capable of Improvement. 



the ocean given to the waters of the Lough 

 through the river Bann, they might probably be 

 lowered several feet, and large portions of it 

 might be drained and cultivated. Its natural 

 beauties are but few, and these could not suffer 

 by contracting its dimensions ; which, if prac- 

 ticable, would not only add frontage, but be 

 highly beneficial to the surrounding estates, as 

 they must suffer materially by its overflowing 

 waters. The extent of Lough Neagh may 

 entitle it to a rank among the larger descrip- 

 tion of lakes in Europe, its length being 

 twenty, its breadth, in the broadest part, ten 

 miles across, and it is calculated to cover above 

 one hundred and ten thousand acres. 



Lord Oneil has the reputation of being the 

 most considerable farmer in the province, and 

 of growing the greatest quantity of wheat and 

 other grain. This induced me to inquire if his 

 lordship cultivated turnips, or other green 

 crops. In reply I understood, that experi- 

 ments had been made by the old lord, but 

 these not succeeding, the practice had been 

 discontinued. On passing Shanes Castle we re- 

 gretted that further attempts were not made 

 observing the soil to be a sandy loam lying upon 

 a peat, than which, no surface seems better 

 adapted to the growth of turnips. 



