218 Tenantry at Edgeworth's Town. 



A farm well conducted would be of great 

 service in this district. It cannot be expected 

 that any practical farmer, who has his rent to 

 pay and bring up his family, should embrace 

 new modes of husbandry merely on the repu- 

 tation of any theory, however strongly recom- 

 mended : nothing short of ocular demonstration 

 that a new practice is more beneficial than his 

 own, can prudently justify the practical man 

 in its adoption. 



Two of Mr. Edgeworth's tenants were in- 

 vited to dinner : I rejoiced in an opportunity of 

 meeting a class of men so respectable in our 

 own country, and who I heartily wish were 

 more frequently to be met with in Ireland. 

 The parties were presbyterians, of Scotch de- 

 scent, and in their manner and appearance re- 

 tained very perceptible traits of their origin. 

 Much as they were prepossessed in favor of 

 their present practices, yet as they had both 

 good sense and candor, I am persuaded they 

 would soon become converts to the prudence 

 of adopting a better system of husbandry. 



As far as I was enabled to form a judgment, 

 Mr. Edgeworth has much reason to be proud of 

 his tenantry, who appear substantial and re- 

 spectable men : every thing about their farms 

 seemed to exhibit sufficiency and comfort ; and 



