CH. VI.] EMIGRATION. 89 



nually for Canada or the United States, filled with emi- 

 grants from the barony of Murrisk; but unfavourable 

 accounts having been received from those who departed, 

 only one vessel cleared out with passengers this year. For 

 eleven guineas, a man, his wife and three children, may be 

 conveyed to North America. Most of those who emigrated 

 have been persons possessing small capital. 



In the barony of Carbery, the witnesses state, that in the 

 years 1833 and 1834 the number of those who emigrated 

 was very considerable, and they were mostly persons in 

 possession of some money. The Protestants especially see 

 their numbers daily diminishing, and they fear, if they re- 

 main at home so small a body, they will be exposed to 

 violence : many of them only await the expiration of their 

 leases to depart. The landlords now care no more for a 

 Protestant than for a Roman Catholic tenant. 



The people are more disposed to proceed to the United 

 States than to British America : the fare to New York 

 (4/.) is nearly double the fare to Quebec, and many persons 

 have embarked in vessels bound for Canada with the in- 

 tention of proceeding on foot from Quebec to New York. 

 There are many instances of persons returning from Ame- 

 rica with money which they had saved there, and giving 

 excessive prices for small portions of land. 



Barony of Balrothery. For some years the emigration 

 of small farmers and labourers has been considerable ; but, 

 unfortunately for Ireland, they have generally been the 

 most industrious, well-behaved, and the most monied of 

 their class, thus leaving all the riff-raff as an increased 

 burden on the country. Many who have hitherto forborne 

 to emigrate would now accept a free passage, notwith- 

 standing their great affection for the land of their birth. 

 Barony of Galmoy. The number of persons who this 



