CHAPTER IX. 



THE BLACKWATER ROSNALEE — SUBLETTING — DROMAGH KING WILLIAMS- 

 TOWN RECLAMATION OF WASTE LANDS — SUCCESS OF THE EXPERIMENT 



DEPENDENT ON CON- ACRE LABOUR CON-ACRE LABOUR DESCRIBED 



VALLEY OF THE BLACKWATER MALLOW TO CORK MR JEFFRYEs' 



FARMS EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT OF STOCK — RENT OF LAND — " WASTE 



LAND " BECAUSE DESERTED — TIPPERARY — LORD HAWARDEN's FARMS 



— ROAD SESSIONS MR BIANCONI HIS ESTATE LORD STANLEY'S 



FARMS — GOOLDS CROSS TO DUBLIN — GLASNEVIN. 



On November 5 th, after visiting Muckross Abbey, I 

 proceeded by Killarney towards Kanturk, the first few 

 miles passing through a rather interesting country. On 

 reaching the rising ground three or four miles from 

 Killarney, one is struck with the neatness of the farm 

 houses, stackyards, gates, and turnip fields, all reminding 

 you of the tidiness of small English farms. The hand 

 of improvement has been here, teaching industry and 

 skill, and reaping through these the reward of a comfort- 

 able and prosperous tenantry. This is again the estate 

 of Mr Herbert, and no one can pass it by without 

 inwardly thanking the man who has dealt so wisely and 

 so well with those committed to his charge. 



After passing this estate, the road leads through a high 

 cold country, till, crossing the Blackwater, we enter the 

 county of Cork. Along the banks of this river the land 



