366 Noble Prospect of the Shannon. 



were capable of begging. Their wages were 

 thirteen pence a day. 



As there was no other place where 

 horses could be fed, we breakfasted at New- 

 market, though but eight miles from Ennis. 

 The country we had passed through was very 

 rich and beautiful, and the inn at Newmarket 

 neat and orderly. 



The new road to Limerick is quite flat, and 

 but twelve miles j the old one fourteen, and very 

 hilly. We were led by the absence of guide 

 posts into the old road, and while our distressed 

 horses suffered by climbing over Clonnelly hill, 

 we became gratified by a noble prospect of the 

 Shannon, from Limerick to Foyle's Island, at 

 the distance of nearly thirty miles. At the foot 

 of this hill is Bonnelly the seat of the O* Brians, 

 the Princes of Thomond. 



Meadow land here is from six to seven 

 pounds an acre : the grass is sold and made into 

 hay by the purchaser, who pikes it on the 

 ground, and there it remains until it is paid 

 for ; this arrangement accounts for our seeing 

 so much unstacked. Indeed the general ma- 

 nagement in matters of husbandry is very 



