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PAET IV. 



HUNTING IN IRELAND. 



There is at present a mighty outcry in our 

 poor land- Not against '^battle, murder, 

 and sudden death," landlord-killing, and 

 ** Boycotting," but against our royal pastime 

 — hunting. The tenant-farmers are uproarious 

 in their opposition to it; and, with a head- 

 strong determination which cannot be too 

 strongly condemned, refuse to listen to the 

 voice of the reasoner. We are but in the 

 beginning of our season, yet is our prospect 

 marred and our pleasure spoilt by the blind 

 idiotcy, not of the few, but, unfortunately, of 

 the many. 



They have but one cry, ** You are ruining 

 our grass-lands ! *' A more egregious error 



