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there till the weather becomes warm, They are packed ¡H hogſheads with ſtraw or oat-meal ſeeds, and ſent to London, Lancaſter, and Liverpool, in fuch quantities as to form one of the principal branches of export from the county

In 1792, neat hams of 16 or 18 Ibs. weight were ſold as high as 5d. per pound when green; when cured, in 1793, they were ſold at 77d. a-pound. It has been found by experiment that hams loſe twenty per cent, of their weight in the curing.

DECT. Ralle,

A few rabbits are kept in the neighbourhood of Brough and Orton, and there is a ſmall warren in Raven- ftonedale, but it is rare to ſee therá in any other part of Weſtmoreland.

DECT. 6.— Poultry.

Conſiderable guantities of geeſe, ducks, and common dunghill fowls are reared in Weſtmoreland. The two laſt are generally diſpoſed of in the market towns in the county, or carried to Lancaſter; but great numbers of the firſt are ſold to drovers from Yorkſhire.

Turkeys are ſeldom reared here, except in the farm- yards of men of fortune-

SECT. 7:— Pigeons,

‘The few pigeons that are to be ſcen in Weſtmoreland belong generally to men of fortune, When fold, they often bring ód. a-piece.|

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