A WORD TO THE WISE 



If the Metropolis of England abounds with adventure, 

 in that of the sister kingdom there must be an overflow. 

 The spirits of an Irishman are always ten degrees 

 above proof, like the whiskey he delights to extol. 

 His outside is as rough as the skin of an unwashed 

 potatoe, and his heart within is as warm as that 

 vegetable w^hen well boiled ; he seldom considers, and 

 he has not patience to think ; he never reflects, except 

 on what mischief he can do ; he has neither prudence 

 nor discretion, and he deems himself a being sent into 

 this world expressly to make merry. Providence has 

 planted him on a spot rich with all the blessings of 

 nature and art, and industry has embelHshed it most 

 lavishly with bounties; he cannot have a finer field to 

 plan his tricks in by night or day than his dear native 

 soil affords. Two roving Boys are represented in this 

 Work, well known in all the gay scenes of life ; we 

 shall follow them through thick and thin, good or ill 

 fortune, and describe with fearless truth the follies 

 and vagaries that characterize the Bucks and Bloods 

 of Paddy's Land. 



ERIN GO BRAGH ! 



