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o f fu c h a n a d v e n tu r e is v e r y c o n f id e r a b le , an d p a f t th e ability of! '
th e fe p o o r p e o p le * .
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o n e : it s fu r fa c e h i l l y . T h i s w a s th e p r o p e r t y o f th e b iih o p o f t i l
i f le s , b u t a t p r e fe n t th a t o f M r . M a cd on a ld o f C la n -R on a ld . Hi
f a & o r , a r e fid e n t a g e n t , r e n ts m o l t o f th e i i la n d , p a y in g tw o guinea
f o r e a c h p em y -la n d •, an d th e fe h e fe ts to th e p o o r p e o p le at foil
g u in e a s an d a h a l f e a c h ; a n d e x a & s , b e fid e s th is , th re e days laboa
in th e q u a r t e r f r om e a c h p e r fo n . A n o t h e r h e a d te n a n t poffefil
o th e r p e n n y - la n d s , w h ic h h e fe ts in th e fam e m an n e r , ,to th e impovfi
r i fh in g an d v e r y f t a r v in g o f th e w r e t c h e d in h a b ita n t s .
T h e pen n y-lands d e r iv e th e ir n am e f r o m fom e o ld v a lu a tio n . TM
fu m r e q u i f i t e t o f t o c k o n e is th i r t y p o u n d s i t m a in ta in s fevencoJI
a n d tw o h o r f e s ; an d th e te n a n t c a n ra ife o n i t e ig h t b o lls ofibalJ
b l a c k o a t s , th e p r o d u c e o f tw o ; an d fo u r o f b e a r f r om h a lf a boll,
o f f e e d ; o n e b o l l o f p o ta to e s y ie ld s fe v e n . T h e tw o la f t are mamirlj
w i t h fe a - ta n g .
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a r e c a l l f o r th em a t C h riftm a s : th e p r o d u c e , w h e n r e a p e d anddriejl
is d iv id e d am o n g th em in p r o p o r t io n t o th e i r r en ts ; an d for wall
o f m ills is g r o u n d in th e q u e r n . A l l th e p a f tu r e is- common, horn
M a y to th e b e g in n in g o f September.
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to d e p r iv e th e in h a b ita n t s o f c lo a th in g a s w e l l as fo o d . A t prefenB
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pence the p o u n d .
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knly fpin th e w o o l , b u t w e a v e th e c lo th : th e m e n m a k e th e ir o w n
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ife fplit th o n g s .
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pr.
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e patients d o n o m o r e th a n d r in k w h e y , a n d lie f t i l l . T h e
lall-pox v i f i t s th em , a b o u t o n c e in tw e n ty y e a r s .
All d ifp u te s a re f e t t le d b y th e fa d to r , o r , i f o f g r e a t m om e n t ,
h th e ju f t ic e s o f th e p e a c e in S k ie .
Phis ¡( lan d , R um , M u c k , an d E g g , fo rm o n e p a r i ih . C am a y
js inhabited b y tw o h u n d r e d a n d tw e n ty fo u ls ,; o f w h i c h a l l , e x -
b t fo u r f am i l ie s , are R om an C a th o lics 1 b u t in th e w h o le p a r i ih R e l i g i o n .
W i s n e ith e r c h u r c h , m a n fe , n o r f e h o o l : th e r e is in d e e d in th is
iind a c a t e c h i f t , w h q h a s n in e p o u n d s a y e a r f r om th e r o y a l
bounty. T h e m in if te r a n d th e p o p i ih p r ie f t r e f id e in E g g •, b u t ,
by reafon o f th e tu r b u le n t feas th a t d iv id e th e fe if le s , are v e r y
Worn a b le to a t te n d th e ir f lo c k s . I a dm ir e th e m o d e ra tio n o f
their c o n g r e g a t io n s , w h o a t te n d th e p r e a c h in g o f e ith e r in d ifte -
rsntly as th e y h a p p e n to a r r iv e . A s th e S co tch a r e o e c o n om if t s in
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