WHereas there is an accurate Account and Description of IRELAND designed to be made Publick in the English Atlas undertaken by Moses Pitt of London, and in Order thereto▪ some Gentlemen in Dublin have agreed to meet weekly for reviewing such an Account, as shall from time to time come from under the Pen of Mr. William Molyneux, as also to bring in some Materials to the said Description; This is earnestly to entreat all Persons that they would be pleased freely to communicate their Answers to these following Quaeries, or any of them, Directing them to Mr. William Molyneux nigh Ormonds Gate in Dublin, or to any other of their Acquaintance in Dublin that may Commu­nicate to them the said Mr. Molyneux, not forgetting to specifie in their Letters the place of their Habitation that they may be again written to if Occasion requires.

Quaeries to which Answers are Desired for the Illustration of that part of the English At­las relating to Ireland.

1 THe nature of the Soyl of the County, or place, and the Chief Product thereof.

2 What Plants, Animals, Fruits, Mettals, or other Natural Productions there are peculiar to the Place, and how Order'd?

3 What Springs, and Rivers, or Loughs, with the various Properties there­of, as whether Medicinal, how replenish'd with Fish, whether Navi­gable, Rapid, or Slow, &c.

4 What Curiosities of Art, or Nature, or Antiquity are or have bin found there?

5 What Ports for Shipping, and their Description, and what Moon causes High Water?

6 What great Battels have been there fought, or any other Memorable Action, or Accident?

7 What peculiar Customs, Manners, or Dispositions the Inhabitants of each County, or Town have among them?

8 How each County is Inhabited, thickly or thinly?

9 What Places give, or formerly have given Title to any Noble-man; as also what Antient Seats of Noble Families are to be met with?

10 What Towns of Note in the County, and especially Towns Corporate?

11 The names of such Towns both Antique and Modern, English and Irish, and why so called?

12 The Magistracy of Towns Corporate, and when Incorporated, and by whom built, with their return of Parliament Men?

13 Trade of the Town, with the number of Houses, and Inhabitants, and man­ner of Buildings.

14 What Publick, or Antique Buildings?

15 What Synods have been held there, what Monasteries, Cathedral, or other Churches are or have been there, and from what Saint named?

16 In what Bishoprick each County or any part thereof is?

This Paper may be had Gratis at the Shop of Mr. Dudley Davis Bookseller over against the Rose Tavern in Castle-street, Dublin; Where is to be sold The Antient Usage in bearing Ensigns of Honour as are called Arms, with a Catalogue of the Present Nobility and Baronets of England, Scotland, and Ireland ▪ By Sir William Dugdale Knight, Garter Principle King at Arms. And by Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Pauls Church-yard London.

It's Desired that Answers to these Queries may be given as to any other Country whatso­ever.

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