122 THE IKIPH PEOPLE. 



having taken the precaution of bringing something 

 to eat, I said: 'You speak always of eating, you 

 must be an Englishman.' ' Don't call me names,' 

 said he. ' But,' said I, ' an Englishman is at least 

 as good as an Irishman.' The manner in which he 

 shook his head, and the peculiar emphasis with 

 which he pronounced ' G d d -n,' convinced me 

 that he was by no means of that opinion." 



131. Dr. McParlan in the Statistical Survey of 

 Mayo of 1801, p. 229, speaks of " the stalwart sons 

 of Mayo ; " the Statistical Survey of Leitrim in 

 1802, p. 63, says " The people's clothing is 

 remarkably neat and strong ; they seldom want 

 provisions ; every father in the county sends his 

 children to school." 



132. The Kev. A. Atkinson, a Protestant writer, 

 says in his Irish Tourist: "The Leitrim peasant 

 appears to me to have a certain amiable simplicity 

 of character. Although in religious (!E.H.), com- 

 mercial, and literary advantages he may not stand 

 upon a footing with his brother, the Irish northern, 

 he has nevertheless, considered merely in a natural 

 point of view, the advantage of him with regard to 

 his country. The northern has not for the most 

 part (if I may judge by the specimens I have seen) 

 his imagination exalted by the same beauty and 

 grandeur of lake and mountain which may have 



