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THE

Political Anatomy

OF

IRELAND.

1672^[1].

 

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[CHAPTER I.]^[2]

Of the Lands of Ireland.

 

THERE are in Ireland of Acres of Land, Irish Measure (whereof 121 Acres makes 196 English Measure) near about[3]			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	M. Ac. 10,500
Whereof there is of Rivers, Highways, Loughs, unpassable Bogs, Rocks and Shrubs, about			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	M. 1,500
Of very course Land, commonly call'd unprofitable			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1,500
Consequently of good Meadow, Arrable and Pasture			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	7,500
				10,500	|2|
Of which Anno 1641, there did belong to Papists and Sequestred Protestants			$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	5,200

1. This caption occupies the title-page of S.
2. It was, apparently, Petty's intention to divide his book into chapters. Cf. p. 201. Accordingly the Chapter division made by the editor of the second edition is here adopted for convenience of reference.
3. In 1719 is a note, 'A Perch or Pole, Irish measure, is 21 Foot; the Acres are measured by that Perch, as the Acres in England are measured by a Perch of 16 Foot and half.' Cf. p. 172.