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versation ; no information could be obtained 

 on any subject ; and some of them would not 

 even converse with us. This mysterious and 

 singular conduct was afterwards explained, by 

 the circumstance of our being supposed to be 

 employed by the rector to make a new valua- 

 tion of his tithes, a measure he was said to have 

 at this time in contemplation. Thirty shillings 

 per acre is said to be sometimes paid as a com- 

 position for potatoes, from ten to twelve 

 shillings for wheat, four to eight shillings for 

 barley, six to ten shillings for oats, and three 

 shillings for meadow. As we re-entered the 

 town, our attention was arrested by a win- 

 nowing machine ; the well-painted appearance 

 of which bespoke it as recently arrived. The 

 proprietor informed us, it was its first trial, and 

 that he did not believe there was another in the 

 district. 



The extent of Newton Limavady is consider- 

 able ; the principal street is broad and hand- 

 some ; the inn, the most comfortable I had met 

 with. There are several good houses in the 

 neighbourhood, with romantic pleasure-grounds 

 attached to them ; but our inspection of these, 

 or of the noble residences which we may pass, 

 is as impracticable as incompatible, either with 



