a degree genteeler than thoſe of Peel; but has no great matter in it, worthy the Obſervation of a Traveller, except an excellent Harbour and good Fort.
Nor has Ballaſalli any thing to boaſt of, beſide a fine River running thro' it, a good Air to whiten Cloth, and a Market for Fowls, where you may have the greateſt Choice of any Place in the Iſland.
Macguires, or New-Town, was a waſte Piece of Ground, till after his late Majeſty's Acceſſion to the Crown; when one Macguire, a Native of Ireland, and Tenant to Lord Darby, built a large Houſe on it for himſelf, and ſeveral little ones to let out at yearly Rent. 'Tis yet, however, no more than a Village, but in Compliment to him is called a Town, and after his Name: it is in a pleaſant and convenient Part of the Iſland, for which reaſon, 'tis believed, 'twill hereafter be enlarged.
These Towns are divided into Seventeen Pariſhes, which I ſhall give you the