100 mr Herbert's estate. 



tribute among such of the tenants, free of charge, as have 

 land prepared for them : the only condition being that an 

 equal extent of land must be laid down with good seeds 

 every succeeding year, or, failing that, the first cost of 

 the seeds must be repaid. Then, at present, he pays 

 the whole of the poor-rates, and for some time has also 

 given reductions of rent, averaging twenty-five per cent. 

 His tenants are all dairy farmers, which is probably the 

 safest system that can be followed in their circumstances. 

 They are comfortable, pay their rents with regularity, 

 and there is not on this estate any unoccupied land — a 

 statement which cannot, perhaps, be made of any other 

 considerable estate in the county. Taken as a whole, 

 there seems to be as much prudent foresight exhibited 

 in the management of this property, and as favourable 

 results to both landlord and tenant, as any which I 

 have yet seen in the west of Ireland; and I attribute 

 this chiefly to the fact that Mr Herbert has, for many 

 years, made it his study to understand and see to the 

 discharge of his duties as a landlord. 



Approaching Killarney, the country becomes well 

 w T ooded and rich. The streets were crowded with 

 country people. Proceeding through the town, we drove 

 on about two miles along a finely wooded road, till we 

 reached Muckross, after passing the houses of several 

 resident proprietors. 



In the afternoon I rode out with Mr Herbert, 

 through his grounds and round Muckross Lake, about 

 eight miles. There is not probably in the kingdom 

 a more beautiful ride, through woods of native oak 

 and evergreens, among which the arbutus is a pecu- 



