A car will be made for three half-crowns, a plough for three shillings, and a harrow for two shillings; a loom, when finished, is rated as worth thirty shillings. On the whole, this county has a better appearance of wood than the neighbouring counties, though perhaps possessing less forest timber; but the number of small and neat enclosures, together with the numerous orchards, furnish a view of wood, which is interesting and ornamental, If gentlemen, who were disposed to plant, would superintend the culture of their trees in their own nurseries, they would soon become skilful planters, and as their knowledge of the science encreased, so would their fondness for it. The expence of a nursery is small and gradual, compared with the bills of trees purchased from seedsmen; besides, the success of those reared at home is more cer tain, and, where there is a failure of a plant, it can be more conveniently replaced, Premiums Premiums adjudged by the Dublin Society, for planting in the county of Armagh, since the year 1786, where security has been given to preserve the same for ten years from the date of the grant. SECTS. 22, 23, & 24. Quantity of Bog; possibility and means of improving it; obstacles to it, and best means of removing them. My readers who are acquainted with this county must well know, that the quantity of bog is insufficient for the general supply of fuel, from the circumstance of its being unequally distributed, and the immensity required for the numerous bleachmills. In many parts of Armagh, turf bog is of a more certain revenue, than the best land could yield, by many times over. Our attention should rather be to encrease than to reduce its contents, until another source of fuel is resorted to for the linen manufacture. In the first chapter, and sixth section, under the head Bog and Moor, the process of converting worn or cut-out bog to grass is fully described; and this can be effected to great profit, and with small expence, after it has yielded the supply of fuel. Of waste land, the small portions in Armagh are only to be seen in the mountains, which are gradually improving. Opening roads, building cottages, and furnishing lime at an easy rate, with a small rent proportionable to the value of improvements made by the tenant for a certain number of years, would soon bring these regions into civilization and profit. These districts have already the advantage of good markets within their reach; and, if only roads were opened, they would repay the proprietor amply, and ensure to him a revenue, where there is scarcely any thing now yielded. Many parcels of land, which by liming would be made equal to twenty or thirty shillings per acre in a few years, do not now yield three, or, in some places, even one shilling per acre. Long leases, at a fair rent, would here ensure valuable improve ments. SECTS. SECTS. 25, 26. Habits of Industry, or want of Industry among the People.-The use of the English Language, whether general, or how far encreasing? THE people of this county cannot be charged with want of industry. If they are ever out of work, it is certainly to be attributed to the want of employment. No surer proof of industry is required, when a man, who can at times earn five shillings a day at his trade from peculiar circumstances, will work with the same diligence, when perhaps he cannot earn eighteen-pence a day. Industry, not idleness, is the characteristic of the people; and, when trade is dull, they seek employment in the fields. The nature of the linen manufacture must always ensure an industrious race; for so much work can be performed by children, that they are more early employed in this line, than it has hitherto been thought worth while in agricultural pursuits. The English tongue has long been the general language of the county, and is firmly established. SECT. SECT. 27. Account of Towers, Castles, Monasteries, Ancient Buildings, or places remarkable for any historical event. In the Baronial Survey, thirteenth chapter, a particular description of antiquities will be given, where they exist, whether of Pagan origin, which have not yet been noticed, or erected, since the æra of Christianity, for military or ecclesiastical purposes, and also any remarkable traditions, which will apply locally. The ancient religious houses of the county will be treated of in the Appendix. SECT. 28. Churches-Resident Clergy-Glebes, and THESE subjects are already reported in the third section of the first chapter, and may be again referred to in the thirteenth chapter occasionally. SECT. D |