my hazards in
Ireland, whom I again joined in Paris, more than shared my enthusiasm.
He spent all his days wandering among the galleries of the Louvre or the
statues of Versailles, forgetting in the sublime presence of their
unmatched _chefs d'ouvres_ all the shame and perils of the past. I hope
he may be induced to give the result of his long examinations and fond
reveries to the public.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 12: "Alice and Uua."]

[Footnote 13: This may be a harsh and unjust opinion; if so, no one
could regret it more than myself. In any case I wish to disclaim the
idea of making a charge against the body of the Roman Catholic clergy,
to some of whose members it applies. I yet fully believe that the great
majority of the priesthood would willingly die with the rest of their
countrymen in struggling for the liberty of their common home. Even of
those who acted against us with such deadly success, I am sure some were
influenced by pure and honourable motives: there were others, however,
whose conduct the noblest motives would fail to justify, or even
extenuate.]

[Footnote 14: I hope my friend "Desmond" (a true poet and genuine
Irishman, whom God long preserve) will allow me to borrow his "graceful
spirit people" to elevate to poetical dignity the otherwise unattractive
and straggling waters of Lough Lua. It is near the lone and lovely
passes of Ceimeneagh, which his genius has invested with graceful
immortality, and his

"Children of the earth and sea."

may be sometimes tempted to lave therein.

Lough Lua loses in the comparison suggested by the sublime scenery
around it, of which the "green little island," and the pass are
immeasurably the greatest. I saw it in no happy frame of mind, as I
dragged my weary limbs along the rugged slopes of Shehigh. The only real
feature of interest I could discover, was the solitary swan above
alluded to, to which an intellect less fanciful than that of my friend
could not refuse a claim to be recognised as the genius loci, or spirit
of the spot.]

[Footnote 15: Mr. Daniel MacCarthy]

CONCLUSION

A word remains to be said in reference to the fate of those who were the
special objects of the Government's attention. Of the six for whom a
reward was offered, four escaped, namely, Mr. Dillon, Mr. O'Gorman, Mr.
O'Mahony and myself. Mr. Dillon was the first who left Ireland. Late in
August he sailed from Galway, and landed at New York after a voyage of
seven we