THE THIEF AND POACHER. 105 



public parks a iiuisancc to all well-disposed and 

 properly-guided people, or to pollute tlie foun- 

 tains in Trafalgar Square witli their pestilential 

 presence. 



It is farcical to combine two facts that to every 

 thinking mind must 1)0 diametrically ojoposed to 

 each other, and imjDossible of completion. The 

 two facts I allude to are increased wages for less 

 duration of work. Surely, if these deluding 

 slieplierds had intended to gain for their silly 

 flocks the better pay they called for, the}^ ought 

 not to have coupled with that increase of wages 

 a very great diminution of time in which to earn 

 them. They should simply have demanded better 

 pay, if they thought that they could get it for 

 tlie twelve hours' toil — not twelve hours' toil, 

 for from the hours have to be deducted break- 

 fast, ^^ lunch," and dinner. 



I do not agree that any labourer • on a flirm 

 should have any land to cultivate for himself 

 over and above his sufficient garden or plot. No 

 servant or labourer of any kind should be, or 

 expect to be, remunerated on a system of per- 

 quisites, for that system fosters dishonesty and 

 induces discontent. The labourer of any kind 



