in constant Use on Mr. Foster's Farm. 305 



good repair ; in case of neglect, the landlord, 



uch neglect be not rectified, after notice of 



intention, is authorized to enter and repair 



himself, with power to distrain and levy to the 



full amount of the expense incurred. 



Mr. Foster has not only no objection to, but 

 encourages, the sub-letting of his farms, to the 

 inhabitants of Collon, who are enabled by the 

 shuttle and not the plough, to pay their rents. 

 In particular situations this mode, to a certain 

 extent, may be beneficial to the holder as well 

 as to the proprietor ; but it decides nothing as 

 to the general policy of the measure. The 

 pernicious effects, so evidently discernible from 

 the general practice of sub-dividing and sub- 

 setting estates, is not discoverable here ; a dis- 

 position in the people of Collon to emigrate, 

 and seek their fortunes remote from home, has 

 prevented any material addition to the number 

 of inhabitants for nearly the last century ; and 

 until within a few years, when the population, 

 with the produce, have both been augmented in 

 consequence of great enclosures in the neigh- 

 bourhood. 



The principal evil in Ireland is the absentee- 

 ship, and neglect of the means in too many ofthf 

 ii. x 



