156 Injustice of England towards Ireland. 



at thirty pounds the score. Four-and-twenty 

 years afterwards the cheapness of Irish cattle 

 became a complaint, and induced the English 

 Parliament to sanction the rigorous and impolitic 

 act for restraining the export of Irish cattle. It 

 was in the debates on this subject, in the House 

 of Lords, that the Duke of Buckingham declared 

 that whoever was against the bill " had either 

 an Irish interest, or an Irish understanding." 

 A more glaring instance of the folly and injus- 

 tice of England towards Ireland can hardly be 

 produced, and shows the utter ignorance which 

 prevailed, at the time, of the real interests of 

 both kingdoms. As no fresh law was passed in 

 Scotland, the intention of the promoters of the 

 law was defeated. 



As to sheep, I have seen but few, and those 

 truly miserable creatures in a double sense ; 

 first, in their sorry appearance ; and next, in the 

 curtailment of the natural use of their limbs by 

 shackles, which fasten their hinder with their 

 fore legs, and prevent their escape from threat- 

 ened dangers. 



This practice is resorted to, I presume, in 

 order to keep the animals within certain bounds, 

 which the fences are insufficient to effect, or to 

 oppose a barrier against any other sort of stock \ 



