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and farther extenſion of theſe valuable manufätures, which the liberal and daring ſpirit of a reſpe&able individual had ere&ed upon his eſtate; by that means caufiag, by his well- dire&ed efforts, a country, which, ſeven years ag0, had als moſt the appearance of a wilderneſs, to aſſume a new face. He made handſome buildings to ſpring up in every quar- ter. Theſe were immediately filled with ative and enter- priſing inhabitants.'Agriculture reared its head, and the whole difri&(miled with cultivation, till the unfortunate change in 1793. Time, it 1s hoped, will diflipate theſe clouds which overhang that part of the county, and reſtore induſtry to its proper tone.

Linen. The manufa&ure of linen, principally of a coarſe quality, has been eſtabliſhed for half a century paſt in various parts of this county. The cloth is, in general, low-priced, from 1 5. to 25. 3 d. der yard. A few bleachfields are e- Mtabliſhed, where the linen is whitened and dreſſed, both in the Scotch and Iriſh methods; but in general, the weavers, who work each upon his own account, diſpoſe of their webs as. ſoon as they come out of the loom, to ready money traders. Theſe deaters underſtand too well their ad- vantage over the poor Weaver, who, in want of money for be fübfiſtence of his family, is frequently compelled to Part with his web much beneath its value.

Printfields. There are four printfields, beſides the one already mentioned, eſtabliſhed in the county. One has been unfortunate z; but the three others have weathered the ftorm of 1793, and appear to proſper.

The advantages of theſe eſtabliſhments to the eſtates up- on which they are ſettled, and alſo to the adjoining lands, are undoubted. The farmers in the neighbourhood com- plain of the advance of wages claimed by their ſervants and 1labourers, who alſo expet to live better. But an at- tentive obſerver, weighing accurately the advantages and diſadvantages of theile manufadures to the part of the coun-

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