Cavan

The largest estates in this county are two of

3op00 and 26,000 acres; besides these these are Boned very great extent. Nearly the whole of the land, of about three fifths, according to Mr Young, is under tillage, but the agriculture in every respect is very bad. The site of the farms is from 50 to 100 acres, but throne generally divided into farmed from two to meaty sues which are relet to the manufacturers or " cotton," who pay a high rent for them, by means of their other employments. Their principal object is to raiment ficient quantity of Oats and potatoes m feed their f• mules, and of Sax to give employment to the mum and children. Most of the land is dug with theme and trenched as in Armagh ; where the plough awl, they put three or four hones to it; and when Na Young visited the county, he fount that all user the horses were yoked to the Omer anti karma by the tail ; that practice, however, is now disused. Al. most the only grain sown is oats, which are MAMA to be in the proportion of seventy to one, to all other grain ; there is scarcely any wheat. in 1809, there were 4300 acres of flax, from which 6306 bushels of seed were saved. Though the very tops of the bilk are tilled, yet it does not appear that this county re• duces more grain than is necessary for its own COO' aumption ; • norhas the bounty on the inland cormr of corn to Dublin increased the vary trilling gas, brought to that market. From the coldness and ono lure fifths dinette, all the arts of Cavan is be kiln-dried.

The stock-farnas generelly consist of about 100 or 140 acres; the farmers buy yang cattle and sell them 'again without fattening ; a few, however. fat bullocks tar sheep, but she latter are very poor. There are very few dairy farms, though from these, as they are in the richest parts of the county, a good deal of butter is seat. Many pigs are kept by the cotters; and nearall the caWns are to be seen ,goats tethered to the tops of the banks, or " ditches," as they are here called, which divide the fields.

- Cavan was formerly celebrated for its extensive weeds, and trees of an immense rise ; but, at present, it is in general bare of timber, except near Edmore, Farnham, and a few other places.. Mr Wakefield re marks, that the ash is confined to parts of this county, and to Tyrone and Fermanagh.

• Tie linen manufacture is the staple; chiefly a thin linen seven-eighths wide. The weaving of it, how

ever, is not so general as the spinning of the flax, which In the principal ,eraployine.nt of the women and children in all parted the county. Killyshandre, and Coothill ate the principal markets for linen; in the latter, great quantities of brows linen am sold. There are several bleaching greats in the county.. It is probable, how ever, that the cotton manufacture will root out that of lines, as, from the greater demand for cotton goods. it has already induced the manufacturers of Cavan to taco much of their atteatian to it. The food of the inhabitants is very plain and frugal, being little else besides oatmeal, potatoes, and milk ;. the two first are the only previsions for sale ire any of the markets. The laboneers are paid partly in money and partly hi goods, and the women till .encaugh for their own food.

The musty aces or tax is not collected per acre, but by a ding= called a " carver." A town land is disinter! into so many careers, each of which, though of a totally difkreat extent, pays the same sum.

• According to Or Beaufort, in the year 1792, there were 16,3141auses ; 81,570 inhabitauts ; 18.4 Irish acres to a hoarse; 3471 inhabitants to .a square Irish mile ; 32.928 houses of one hearth ; 571 of two r 3112 of three; 65 of .four;94 of five ; 36 of six ; 15 of Seven ; 13 of eight 7 of nine ; 7 ; in more than ten, and under forty-four ; none retuned above forty-four: 559 new, and 2763 belonging to paupers. The total 18,13a. A ceases, taken in 1797, states the number °flosses at 1114056, which, .reokening as Dr Beaufort does. fie•pereeas to a home, would gin a population of 90,2410. According to Mr Wakefield, this 'county contains at leant 6000 (recto/dere, one half of whom, he says, neglect to areal their names. But- these were registered up to February 1814, 134 My pound freeholders 177 twenty pound, sad 57E0 tiny shillings; in 4;6031. Of these, according to the same author, iataara under theEall of Bambara, andhis relation ColenelBarry. The proportion of Ca tholics to Protestants is as ; but them is only one Catholic mho possesses landed property to axonal datable easteat. Thernstestants are wetly dissenters. - See Coate's &gauged &au* ••e Caoass.--Dr Beauferes Memoir a it If Irdatide.—Wska. Sal& Alcamett artdeerdoesYclarg's boar in