Association of Affluence and Poverty. 1 1 



heart, and joy brighten the eye of a depressed, 

 desponding peasantry ; with whom dissatisfac- 

 tion and wretchedness would soon give place 

 to loyalty and contentment. What glorious 

 objects of ambition ! Their present reward, 

 affection and respect ; in prospect, the gratitude 

 aud admiration of posterity. 



At Killcullcn bridge, the LifFy is an incon- 

 siderable stream j the remains of monastic 

 buildings, and of a round tower of considerable 

 size, bespeak the former importance of this 

 place. The old town is at the distance of half 

 a mile from the bridge; the village consists but 

 of a few scattered houses ; the soil is rich ; and 

 though little can be said in favor of the hus- 

 bandry, the crops were apparently heavy. Green 

 crops there were none, and the clover and sown 

 grasses were very foul. Shallow ploughing, and 

 want of due cleaning, prevent good crops of 

 clover, which, even without manure, would be 

 procured, if attention were paid to deep plough- 

 ing and weeding. 



The contrast between affluence and poverty 

 in this country is matter of perpetual unpleasant 

 observation. A noble mansion is approached 

 by a dilapidated lodge, tenanted by poverty 

 it is wonderful that such incongruities can be 



