1O Objects in visiting Ireland. 



this excursion has given birth. The importance 

 I seem to attach to a journey of a few hundred 

 miles, is a weakness you will excuse. I cannot 

 forbear indulging in it, as if it were highly con- 

 sequential. Great and little are merely compa- 

 rative ; and where the heart is concerned, the 

 less often becomes the greater consideration. 



To a being who, like myself, has been spell- 

 bound, and who for the last twelve months has 

 scarcely taken a single day's relaxation from his 

 farm ; the difficulties attendant on this journey 

 appear to be many the inducements to under- 

 take it few. In my estimation they will be suf- 

 ficient, if one among the number afford you the 

 daily converse of an hour, without abstracting 

 your attention unprofitably from objects of more 

 immediate interest. 



Concluding epistolary sentiments frequently 

 excite a glow of feeling, under an idea that the 

 performer, having no longer a part to act, sub- 

 scribed with sincerity. However question- 

 able this may be in most instances, I dare claim 

 the merit with you, of having no latent purposes 

 to serve, nothing on earth to tempt the sacrifice 

 of that delightful truth, of assuring you I shall 

 ever remain yours, 



J. C. C. 



