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are elastic, sit close, and are no impediment to 

 exertion. Very painful feelings are excited by 

 the number of deplorable objects which present 

 themselves on the entrance of every town ; and 

 were their importunities as clamorously enforced 

 as in our own country, the inconvenience would 

 be intolerable ; but here they seem to rest the 

 whole of their dependance on the appeal which 

 their misery makes to the heart; and unless 

 they perceive their wretchedness makes some 

 impression, they are always silent. 



From Coleraine hither the distance is twelve 

 miles ; for the first few of which the country 

 appeared to be under a tolerably good system of 

 culture, and the cabins in good order ; after 

 which, we travelled over a very wild mountain- 

 pus district ; but as the soil was apparently 

 superior to much we had seen in cultivation, 

 why it should remain in so neglected a state 

 we could not divine. On reaching the summit 

 of the hill, we obtained a fine view of Lough 

 Foyle, and the well- wooded valley of Newton 

 Limavady. Ireland, in the consideration of 

 the traveller, has no greater want than that of 

 wood ; and that which makes its absence the 

 more to be lamented is, that there is no part of 

 .the empire in which it seems to thrive better. 



