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try where they are eſtabliſhed, will ſce that the great addi- xional price, and the ready money market for almoſt every „article produced upon a farm, do more than compenſate „(excluſive-of the advantage of manure,&c.) the riſe in the price of labour complained of by the ſhort-ſighted farm- er. It muſt, however, be obſerved, that in 4791 and 1792, when many new. eſtablilhments in the manufaCuring way» were firlt formed in various parts of this county,-too fan- 'guine hopes of the profits likely to ariſe from theie adven- tures, were entertained by many of the Proprietors; In con- ſequence of which they daſhed out perbaps too much, both in their manner of living, and in their holding out high wages to dextrous workmen. This being alfo accompanied by rather a heedleſs expenditure in. other articles, was the real cauſe why many of theſe new operations did not ſuc- ceed. But it is believed by many diſcerning people, that ſome branches of manufa&ure, which failed in the hands of che firſt adventurers, from the reaſons above Rated, will be revived by other perſons of more ſkill, and a greater ſhare of prudence, and will become a bleſſing to thoſe parts of the county where they(ſhall be proſecuted,"eſpecially in

„certain diftri&ts, where there was a ſcarcity of inhabitants,

and almoſt 2 total abſence of induſtry. The machinery ne-

«celary for carrying on great adventures in the way of ma-

nufa&ures, is much aſſiſted by“the numerous ſtreams of war

ter which abound in all the upland parts of this county.

Diſtilleries. Great quantities of corns of all ſorts are

.conſumed in the manufa&ure of ſpirits in this county. Be-

ßides the well-known ſpirit called WAz/kze, ſeveral com- pounds, as rum, brandy, gin,&c. are prepared atthe nume- rous diſtilleries. The agriculture of the farms around theſe works ſeems to derive conſiderable advantages from the great abundance of manure produced by the cattle fattened by the diſtillers. The general opinion ſeems to be, that

the heavy duties paid by theſe diftillers, have rendered the

profits