uth men began the deep-sea herring
fishery.

Before then, the fishing was all carried on along shore in little
cobles, almost within sight of land. The native fishery also extended
northward, along the east coast of Scotland and the Orkney and Shetland
Isles, until now the herring fishery of Scotland forms one of the
greatest industries in the United Kingdom, and gives employment,
directly or indirectly, to close upon half a million of people, or to
one-seventh of the whole population of Scotland.

Taking these facts into consideration, therefore, there is no reason to
despair of seeing, before many years have elapsed, a large development
of the fishing industry of Ireland. We may yet see Galway the
Yarmouth, Achill the Grimsby, and Killybegs the Wick of the West.
Modern society in Ireland, as everywhere else, can only be transformed
through the agency of labour, industry, and commerce--inspired by the
spirit of work, and maintained by the accumulations of capital. The
first end of all labour is security,--security to person, possession,
and property, so that all may enjoy in peace the fruits of their
industry. For no liberty, no freedom, can really exist which does not
include the first liberty of all--the right of public and private
safety.

To show what energy and industry can do in Ireland, it is only
necessary to point to Belfast, one of the most prosperous and
enterprising towns in the British Islands. The land is the same, the
climate is the same, and the laws are the same, as those which prevail
in other parts of Ireland. Belfast is the great centre of Irish
manufactures and commerce, and what she has been able to do might be
done elsewhere, with the same amount of energy and enterprise. But it
is not land, or climate, or altered laws that are wanted. It is men to
lead and direct, and men to follow with anxious and persevering
industry. It is always the Man society wants.

The influence of Belfast extends far out into the country. As you
approach it from Sligo, you begin to see that you are nearing a place
where industry has accumulated capital, and where it has been invested
in cultivating and beautifying the land. After you pass Enniskillen,
the fields become more highly cultivated. The drill-rows are more
regular; the hedges are clipped; the weeds no longer hide the crops, as
they sometimes do in the far west. The country is also adorned with
copses, woods, and avenues. A new crop begins to