LIFE IN IRELAND 159 



CHAPTER XIV 



A Man's life prolonged for public good — A walk up the Canal — 

 Out of town and still in it — Miseries of London — A King kicking 

 alive — Brian Boru moralizing — A planxty to the memory of Bob 

 Johnston — A damned soul— A pretty girl, and religion turned 

 keel upwards — Buck Whaley, and murder in Irish — Sally Jenkin- 

 son's history — Trip to sea — A song, and an upset in a squall — A 

 water party. 



IT is manifestly impossible to follow our favourite 

 friends through all their peregrinations in High 

 and Low Life in Dublin ; our limits will not permit 

 us to indulge in the inclination to ramble : we have 

 very unfortunately pledged ourselves to the public, that 

 This Life shall be included in twelve parts or numbers ; 

 our friend old William Shakespeare says — 



' Man's life is seven ages ' ; 



so that we exceed him in our limits as far as he excels 

 us in description ; and if we can judge from the present 

 state of public opinion, we may hazard an attempt to 

 make Sir Shawn O Dogherty a modern Hezekiah^ and 

 add a term of years to his span — we do not mean 

 that he in propria personas has 'turned his face to the 

 wall,' and prayed for this extension, he is not quite 

 so godly, although he does belong to the Sainted 

 Island) but as he is an amiable fellow, with a multi- 



