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idea of Inglis's describing from personal 

 observation, as he calls it, the manners and 

 customs of the Irish. 



" * Why, then,' said Pat, ' I disremember 

 me just the particular lie that I told — it 

 was just the first that came into my head.' ' 



"Well," said the Captain, laughing, "at 

 all events Paddy ought not to complain of 

 being misrepresented by the Sassenagh, if 

 that is the way he misrepresents himself. 

 Poor Inglis evidently did his very best to 

 get genuine information, it is not his fault 

 that he did not get it." 



"Yes, but no bookmaker can take the 

 right way to get it," said the Parson ; " he 

 cannot find time. You are not going to pick 

 up accurate information by galloping along 

 a turnpike-road, and asking questions right 

 and left of you. With respect to Inglis, 

 though, I am afraid a graver charge lies 

 against him. He started on his travels 

 with a strong Whig bias, and put leading 

 questions, and you know that you may get 

 any Irishman to tell any lie you please out 

 of mere civility. He is just the boy for a 

 leading question. The Squire once made 

 a bet with me that he would, within ten 



