CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER XXII 



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A morning meeting — The dogs and a wooden leg for break- 

 fast — K pig hunt at the Phoenix Park, and a broken 

 limb— Entrance to the Lodge — A necessary one — The 

 King's habits, and a cold collation, .... 266 



CHAPTER XXIII 



A country excursion — The cream-coloured charger — A royal 

 present — Darby Pheely's mansion — A horse laundry — 

 Politeness — The house and company assembled — A 

 cock fight, Bob Toiighrags and Bill Bleareye — A curse 

 for a ^' iceroy — The bear bait — Brian Boru commences 

 the milling system — Battle with a Kilkenny Boy — 

 Comes oft" victorious — Loses his clothes — Mounts a 

 dead man's rigging — Brian discovers a tight-rope 

 dancer and a friend in Mrs. Pheely — A tender scene — 

 A back view of a bedroom — Darby Pheely in a fit of 

 jealousy — A woman's explanation — A cure for horns — 

 The grey mare the better horse — A thrashing machine 

 — The invitation — A start for Dublin^Character of a 

 Lord Luff" — Highland soldier and the Viceroy — The 

 tea Service, and saucy shopwomen under a mistake — 

 Anecdote at the porter's lodge — The dinner party — 

 Pipe water committee — A break up, .... 273 



CHAPTER XXIV 



Foolish charity — Morning reflections — Presents for Lady 

 Macanalty — A letter to a parish priest — A letter 

 written with a wooden leg — An interpreter on half- pay 

 — An invitation to a review — Irish Poetry — Dean Swift 

 and his hatred of Ireland — A meeting — Remember to 

 forget., a song — Virtues of a demirep — Reasons for being 

 a militia colonel, and soldiers that wear their leggins 

 about their hands, ....... 286 



