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forts were evefted with port-holes for mounting of cannon, 
e eerean of which Hs on each fi 
As ana 
time of Henry the Sixth, aise pee fortified his houfe, 
a-d erected a ‘trong additional tower, and thus converted it 
into a formidable caftellated manfion. ie iach place; 
trough i ina ee gave ftate, is worthy of notice from its 
antiquity, ftyle of archite@ure, and cranes aie. 
t towns were 
a 
m to cada 
are in general conftruéted of 
ta a along a fide of the river; 
but the fireets are fo ieeonvea atl narrow ae irregular, 
that fcarcely a of any aise ita can pafs through 
them. nurch is a handfome edifice with a tower at 
y buttrefles at the m 
es embellifhed an ane 
wood, fuftaining armorial fhields, and various 
other devices ; and fome of the pews are or Namiented 4 
fimilar manner. 
e market ee is large and os over which a 
neat town hall was erected a few years a the expence 
Philip 7 igh and lord | vifcount v alletort, at that 
bine the par eprefentatives of the borough. 
The charitable "eft ablifhments are two free fchools, an almf- 
houfe for eight decayed widows an excellent poor- 
hou Fowey i is governed by a cor » coniifling of 
w siihae ; 
mentar y re 
part of his d duchy a 
to parliament, the ‘s nee yea 
oS 
fab} 
d the Third, 
enants, admitted to fealty 
homage, and in all the see who pay {cot and lot. 
Here are a well fupplied week] 
‘three annual fairs. Accord ding to the ur 
the population act in cee the number of | houfes was 213, 
containing 1155 inhabita 
owey, by a late alee has properly been denominated 
“a — ny of fifhermen;”? for moft perfons here are either 
edly orr Sear! conne&ted ear the pilchard pulls in 
fh concern veffels belongin 
are caught and brought into this port. 
falt and broken tih are generally fold for agricultural pur- 
poles, at es half a guinea per cart load. During other 
numerous trawl-boats are occupied in 
white fifh, and fome of the aaa 
ants find employ in the tin mines of the vicinit y: 
our is now defended by two. {mall batteries, eal 
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erected, and St.Catherine’s fort, built by the townfmen in 
ighth, which is s fitwate d on the 
. hefe rocks are vo ean 
flate, containing veins of a fubfance, ae fror 
grea oe refs to the touch, is denoutered by mineralogits fa 
quar Thofe on the Polruan fide are extremely ru e and 
bold, and, with the ruins of a chapel, f 
{cene See Leland’s Iti tinerary. Polwhele’s “Hiltory of 
Cae vall, Beauties of a and and Wales. 
FOWL, in a general fenfe, is of equal import with 
e 
a 
aa 
Fow. is, in a more peculiar manner, underftood of 
poultry, or the larger fort of birds, both dometlic and wild, 
either bred up, or hunted, for the table. 
Such as turkies, gecfe, cocks, hens, and ducks, both 
wild =e — pheafants, partridges, pigeons, fnipes, &c,. 
See 
ae: a‘ ds of this fort can only afford profit under 
particular circumftances, and in fituations that a are adapted 
to them, the farm yard cannot be faid to be properly ftocked 
unlefs they are found in They are befides, in many 
cafes, extremely seared in affording eggs and feathers, 
as well as in the young brood. They are generally the moft 
profitable on farms of the arable kind, where grain muft be 
A enlpen eae tered, and near large market towns, where 
they can be aly difpofed of at good ie In choofing 
ftock of this fort, qoute hens are to be preferred where 
eggs are wanted, and old ones, where chickens are 
chief objects of the farmer. Some forts of hens are much 
better layers and breeders than others, which fhould always, 
of courfe, be chofen. They may be fet from two years 
m ae beginning 
of February t ey Sout three 
weeks in general, and fhould be “yell furplied bibles meat, 
water, and fand, durin oe time, that they may n dag ve 
their eggs too long, in feeking them. One male a rd i 
fufficient for ten or twelve e 
emales. 
Breeding and laying a fhould be kept well, but not 
by any means {fo as to 
0 
u 
ary, 0 er feeds o ilar kind, 
they are faid to i the belt. Animal fubliances are like. 
wife aflerted to make them lay earlier than ufual. 
In fattening fowls, the common food is moftly fome = 
of grain, or barley meal moiftened with milk ; but fom 
prefer wheat fear, mixed sites fleamed potatoes, pe shes 
oe aaa into and. made into a for pafte 
with m : uire 0 be oe id ae fed 
ay 
cpt i oaaaee| warm during the fevere 
ltl in = winter 
require care ae “te time of their oe and 
while the brood i s you a ee t are a — ally hardy 
Tursey and Poutr 
and ice are fowls of nie water aves ahh 
ome years old are the beft co breeding from, and one male 
bird is fufficient for feveral females, ; 
The 
