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but the Gahvay boys are so friendly — by my soul, 

 Shawn, they made a bonfire under my window, like 

 the fiery furnace that consumed and did not consume 

 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. I had to make a 

 SPEAKE to them, and in so doing whipt my leg out of 

 the window, and when I pulled it in, it was quite burnt 

 off to a stump, two inches long from my knee, and 

 which I unscrewed to light my pipe with. 



'The Rebellion here is making rapid strides. Fifty 

 Welchmen have been committed for stealing Cheshire 

 cheeses made in the County Fermanagh ; twenty-three 

 horses have been committed for child-stealing to the 

 County Pound ; twelve fishermen have been found 

 guilty of 7)ia7islaughter for killing salmon at Castle 

 Ivars \ and three hundred and sixty-five old maids 

 have been condemned to be hanged for life for com- 

 mitting rapes upon a regiment of cavalry. 



' Nothing comforts me here but the sensation that 

 everything is very comfortable, and friend Brian's 

 estate being so clear and snug. Give my love to him 

 and yourself: in the turning of a pike-staff I will be 

 with you. 



' And am always, 



' In Camp or at Quarters, 



' Your loving friend, 

 'And ill-looking wooden-legged 

 humble Servant, 

 'T. GRAMMACHREE, 



The King's Irish Major of the 

 Royal Invalids.' 



'Sir Shawn O'Dogherty, 

 At his House in Dublin.'' 



