eeds of his miserable little harvest to
live upon through the winter months. Mr. Browne is, I doubt me, not
very rigid as to his duties, and takes but an imperfect view of
financial obligations; but he is horribly poor, nevertheless, and is
as much a type of his class as Miss Gardiner of hers.

V.

FROM MAYO TO CONNEMARA.

LEENANE, _Tuesday, Nov 2._

The meeting which took place on Sheehane Hill was only remarkable as
affording an additional proof of the extraordinary faculty of
selection possessed by Western Irishmen. Whether they intend to shoot
a landlord or merely to hold a meeting to bring him to his bearings,
they choose their ground with equal discrimination. In the former case
a spot is selected at the descent or ascent of a hill, so that the
carriage of the victim cannot be going at a sufficient pace to defeat
the marksman's aim, and a conveniently protected angle, with
facilities for escape, is occupied by the ambuscade. In the latter,
either a natural amphitheatre or a conspicuous hill is pitched upon
for the gathering. To the picturesque Mayo mind a park meeting on a
dead flat would be the most uninteresting affair possible unless
vitality were infused into the proceedings by a conflict with the
police, which would naturally atone for many shortcomings. The
meeting at Tiernaur was held in the midst of magnificent scenery, and
that on Sheehane was equally well selected. From the top of the hill,
which is crowned by a large tumulus, the country around for many miles
lay spread like a map; and, what was of more immediate importance, the
small additional hill afforded a convenient spot for posting the
orators and displaying the banners of the various organizations
represented at the meeting. The demonstration, however, could hardly
be represented as successful--not more than a thousand persons being
present. It was weary waiting until the proceedings commenced, the
only diversion being provided by a hare which got up in an adjacent
field. In a moment greyhounds, bull-dogs, terriers, and mongrels were
in pursuit, followed by the assembled people. The hare, however,
completely distanced both dogs and spectators, and was in comparative
safety several fields away from the foremost greyhound, when she
doubled back in an unaccountable manner, and ran into the midst of the
crowd, who set upon her with sticks, and killed her in the most
unsportsmanlike manner. A man next held poor puss over his head as if