170 MOUNTAIN IMPROVEMENT. 



To Sir William Ofborne's, three miles the 

 other fide Clonmell. From a character fo re- 

 markable for intelligence and precifion. I 

 could not fail of meeting information of the 

 moft valuable kind. This gentleman has made 

 a mountain improvement which demands par- 

 ticular attention, being upon a principle very 

 different from common ones. 



Twelve years ago he met with a hearty look- 

 ing fellow of forty, followed by a wife and fix 

 children in rags, who begged. Sir William 

 queftioned him upon the fcandal of a man in 

 full health and vigour, fupporting himfelf in 

 fuch a manner : the man faid he could get no 

 work : Come along with me, I ivillfoew you afpot 

 of land upon which I will build a cabbinfor you, 

 and if you like it you ftallfix there. The fellow 

 followed Sir William, who was as good as his 

 word : he built him a cabbin, gave him five 

 acres of a heathy mountain, lent him four 

 pounds to ftock with, and gave him, when he 

 had prepared his ground, as much lime as he 

 would come for. *The fellow flourifhed j he 

 went on gradually ; repaid the four pounds, 

 and prefently became a happy little cottar : he 

 has at prefent twelve acres under cultivation, 

 and a itock in trade worth at leail Sol. his 

 name is John Conory. 



The fuccefs which attended this man in two 

 or three years, brought others, who applied 

 for land, and Sir William gave them as they 

 applied. The mountain was under leafe to a 



tenant, 



