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of taskwork is already in operation in Scotland; 

 for at every job to which the labourer is sent, a 

 certain quantity of work is expected to be per- 

 formed by him, and which is acknowledged by 

 himself as just to be given. A Scotch hind en- 

 gaged for twelve months, at a fixed amount of 

 wages, is perfectly aware that if he falls short 

 of the quantity of work which he daily ought 

 to perform, a brief termination to the relation 

 between him and his master will be the result. 

 Taskwork, however, on the English plan is 

 decidedly preferable, and the interest of both 

 parties requires that it should be more strictly 

 adhered to. 



In Ireland the relation between master and 

 servant is the same as it is in this country where 

 the workman is engaged by the day. Over a 

 large extent of the Highlands of Scotland it is 

 similar. In some parts of the latter, where the 

 husbandry of the Lowlands has been introduced, 

 the farmer furnishes household accommodation 

 for his principal servants, such as ploughmen, 

 cattlemen, and shepherds. But in the High- 

 lands taskwork is much more loudly called for 

 than it is in the Lowlands. 



Confining our remarks to Ireland, we may 



