Coal resembles that of Campbell Town. 1*73 



the land side; but in several places it has been 

 worked under the sea. It is sold at fourteen 

 shillings the ton of thirty-two Winchester 

 bushels, and the country consumes the whole 

 produce, excepting a few cargoes shipped for 

 Dublin, on which a bounty is given. I sincerely 

 wish the sales were more extensive, for the sake 

 of the worthy and respectable lessee, Mr. Read, 

 who obligingly showed us some original plans of 

 the under-ground workings. I was surprised 

 to see one of so early a date as the year 1725, 

 and very much doubt if any are to be found at 

 Newcastle prior to that year. This coal greatly 

 resembles that of Campbell Town, and is de- 

 scribed by Whitehurst. I could not ascertain 

 in what year this colliery was first opened. The 

 geologist here, and on the coast, would find 

 much to engage his attention. The stratifica- 

 tion is very curious, the troubles and dikes nu- 

 merous, and of great extent and magnitude. 



Mr. Read combines farming with his mining 

 occupations. He sows wheat after a fallow or 

 a crop of potatoes : this is succeeded by two 

 crops of oats, the last of which is sown down 

 with clover, cut the first year, and depastured 

 the second. There is little occasion to attempt 

 any description of the soil 5 for if it can support 



