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the greatest want, that their mounds were 

 broken into. Wages were from ten pence to a 

 shilling per day, but little work was to be had 

 in winter. The manufacture of linen had in* 

 creased, and the cultivation of flax was rapidly 

 extending. 



The moderation and good sense of this 

 teacher of the Gospel interested us extremely. 

 Happy would it be if the same benevolence and 

 charity influenced all the disciples of Christ- 

 ianity! We received a very kind invitation to 

 take refreshment with the family with whom he 

 was to be an inmate. 



Six miles from Ballinrobe, we joined the 

 direct road from Castlebar ; the change was 

 very evident in the appearance of the surface, 

 on leaving the bog and entering on the lime- 

 stone country, the rock of which, in some 

 places, is so near the surface as to have little or 

 no covering of earth upon it, which yet produced 

 most luxuriant herbage. In some spots it 

 seemed to be entirely rock fringed with grass, 

 as it was growing from the interstices of the 

 limestone ; the least mould or soil being suf- 

 ficient to ensure a coat of verdure. The ex- 

 cellence of this pasture is proved by the ad- 



