250 Church^ Kirk, and Catholic Chapel., together. 



observed but one instance of extreme poverty, 

 that of a poor boy without shoes and stockings. 

 The women of the presbyterian persuasion 

 wore hats ; the catholic females, according to 

 the invariable custom, were without any cover- 

 ing on their head, excepting a linen or muslin 

 cap. The bells of the established church were 

 rung, apparently in vain for not a single in- 

 dividual did we see enter the doors ; and as far 

 as we could judge, the witty address of the 

 Dean of St. Patrick might on this occasion 

 have been very appropriate. 



Our distance hither, without having any op- 

 portunity of feeding our horses, was twenty 

 miles. The country through which we passed 

 is poor, the land letting for twenty shillings per 

 acre only ; and the population, comparatively 

 speaking, not abundant ; this accounted for 

 the people being apparently in better circum- 

 stances, as the laborers were not more than 

 could find constant employment. We were 

 invited into the cabin of a farmer who rented 

 about twenty-five acres : he told us that his 

 present crop consisted of one acre of flax, one 

 of potatoes, five of oats, four of barley, and 

 somewhat more than eight of pasture. His 

 rent one pound per acre, taxes three pounds, 

 and tithes two pounds four shillings and eight 

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