Bad State of the Pavement. 4? 



I was suprised to hear of the distance whence 

 the Irish pigs are driven to Waterford ; their 

 length of leg in this case is advantageous ; and 

 it is possible, that, on this account, they may 

 answer better than those breeds with shorter 

 legs, and a greater disposition to become fat ; 

 but which would, probably, be incapable of 

 performing such journeys. The Suir is navi- 

 gable to Carrick. Through a great part of the 

 town, the pavement is extremely bad, owing, 

 as we understood, to an existing dispute with 

 the coporation ; but as that has now terminated 

 in an allowance of twelve hundred pounds per 

 annum from the corporate body, it is presumed 

 that, with the addition of eight hundred a year 

 which the sweepings of the streets are estimated 

 to yield, the pavement, in the course of a few 

 years, may be completed. 



Our plan was to have gone through Wexford 

 and Wicklow ; but the very unfavorable reports 

 of the roads deterred us ; and we were deprived 

 of the gratification of seeing a most romantic and 

 picturesque country, as well as some of the best 

 tanning in Ireland. 



Hitherto we have travelled along the sea 

 coast; we shall now take our leave of the 

 shore, and have an opportunity of seeing some- 



