222 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



which letters I took up on my arrival, and 

 complimented me highly on my success and 

 said a great deal of my judgement. As I 

 had on the same day seen Captain Foster's 

 letter, which Meade wrote him of me, I felt 

 no way pleased with him. I wrote him on 

 my business, and that very brief, and left 

 that night for Gibraltar. Having a wind 

 the next day, I sailed for Dublin and after 

 a short passage of thirteen days I arrived. 

 We had a severe snow storm two days be- 

 fore I arrived in the Irish channel. We dis- 

 charged part of our cargo in Dublin and 

 proceeded to Newry. We anchored our 

 ship at Warin's point and discharged in 

 lighters which took the cargo to Newry 

 about four miles. I was much surprised at 

 the poverty of the lower orders of Irish in 

 that quarter. I walked to Newry repeatedly 

 and visited their hovels on the road, from 

 curiosity to observe their mode of living, 

 which was this. Their hut had one* room 

 only on the floor, and one side was occu- 

 pied with a pig and cow if they had one, 



