1 16 Tatters and Filth not destructive of Health. 



of exhibition. Motives of ceconomy, as well as 

 comfort, induced the wearers to disencumber 

 themselves of these superfluities. The poor 

 children are suffered to run about in a most 

 ragged dirty condition ; yet rosy health is seen 

 to bloom on their countenances, and their 

 spirits and activity seem to declare that tatters 

 and filth are not inimical to their growth, and 

 sound constitutions; though, in opposition to 

 our generally received notions, that nothing 

 contributes so much to the one, or so firmly 

 establishes the other, as cleanliness, and great 

 attention to external coverings. 



The white-thorn, at present, appears to grow 

 luxuriantly and rapidly in all situations ; and as 

 this is confessedly the best and most beautiful 

 material for the subdivision of lands, the want 

 of good fences is much to be regretted ; as 

 they would add greatly to the convenient de- 

 pasturage of the fields, and the pleasant appear- 

 ance of the country. 



As we approached Belfast, the accumulation 

 of riches, by the profitable application of capital 

 and productive labor, to manufactures and 

 commerce, became visible, by the improve- 

 ments which had been made on both sides of 

 our path. This gratification kept increasing as 



