222 Much Wheat exported. 



ing from the bog certain indications of an in- 

 creasing population. 



This part of the country formerly imported 

 grain : within the last two years a considerable 

 quantity of wheat has been exported ; though 

 the husbandry cannot yet by any means be 

 esteemed good or profitable. Potatoes and a 

 little oat-cake being the staple food of the peo- 

 ple, most of the wheat produced is destined for 

 the support of distant individuals. Within a few 

 years the growth of wheat has greatly increased 

 in the north of Ireland : in general large dis- 

 tricts are now under the cultivation of it, which 

 heretofore were considered wholly unfit for its 

 production. 



The oats which may be required for home 

 consumption will bear no proportion to the 

 quantity of wheat that will be exported. 



By the side of a neat cottage, about two miles 

 from Deny, we saw an acre or two of Swedish 

 and common turnips : in the present existing 

 state of agriculture here, such a sight was highly 

 gratifying. 



Derry was founded by Sir Henry Dockwray, 

 -in -the beginning of the seventeenth century. 



