A HISTORY OF 



" Discourse concerning the large horns frequently found 

 underground in Ireland." He also wrote an essay on 

 Giants, a letter on the Lyre of Greeks and Romans, and a 

 discourse on Danish Forts. There is in Trinity College a 

 portrait of Sir Thomas by Kneller. 



The Rev. Dr. John Whitecombe was born in Cork, and 

 became tutor to Lord George Sackville, son of the Duke of 

 Dorset, to whom he was chaplain. He obtained a Fellow- 

 ship in Trinity College, Dublin, in 1720, being subsequently 

 appointed Bishop of Clonfert in 1 735, Bishop of Down 

 and Connor, and in 1 752 Archbishop of Cashel. He died 

 there in 1 75 3, and is buried in the old cathedral. 



Arthur Dobbs, born at Girvan, n.b. (where his parents 

 took refuge during the Irish troubles), in 1689. He was 

 Engineer in chief and Surveyor-general in Ireland, and 

 M.P. for Carrickfergus in the Parliament of 1727— 1760. 

 His essay on the Trade and Imports of Ireland, published by 

 A. Rhames, Dublin, 1729, was designed "to give a true 

 state of the Kingdom that may set us thinking what may be 

 done for the good and improvement of one's country, and 

 to rectify mistakes many have fallen into, by reason of a 

 prevailing opinion that the trade and prosperity of Ireland 

 are detrimental to their [i.e. England's] wealth and commerce, 

 and that we are their rivals in trade." He advocated an im- 

 proved system of land tenure, considering it a grievance that 

 the Irish tenant had no fixed property in his land, and that 

 he was thereby deprived of any incentive to improvement. 

 The essay contains much information as to the condition of 

 Irish trade and of the Irish people at the time. This treatise 

 was followed by Thoughts on Government in General in 1 73 1, 

 which is among the Haliday Pamphlets. Dobbs took a very 

 active part in promoting the search for a North-West 

 passage to India and China, and a point of land in Hudson's 

 Bay was named Cape Dobbs. He published an Account of 

 the Countries adjoining Hudson s Bay, 1 748, and he was also 

 instrumental in carrying through an Act of Parliament for 

 enclosing waste land and planting trees. In 1 754, Dobbs 

 was appointed Governor of North Carolina, and he died at 

 the seat of his government in 1 765. 



