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is only now unpaid ￡731, 17s. 9d. There accrued a further amount to the 1st May 1888 of ￡39,720, in respect of which only ￡4071, 16s. 11d. is now unpaid, making in all only ￡4803, 14s. 8d. unpaid, out of a total sum of ￡90,630 due up to last gale day, some of which by this time has been paid off."
This would seem to be worth considering in connection with the objection made to any serious extension of Lord Ashbourne's Act by Mr. Chamberlain in his extremely clear and able preface to a programme of "Unionist Policy for Ireland" just issued by the "National Radical Union."
LONDON, _21st Sept_. 1888.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CLUE MAP Frontispiece PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION v PROLOGUE xxi-lxvii
CHAPTER I.
London to Dublin, Jan. 20, 1888, 1 Irish Jacobite, 1 Proposed Mass in memory of Charles Edward, 2 Cardinal Manning, 3 President Cleveland's Jubilee Gift to Leo XIII, 4 Arrival at Kingstown, 5 Admirable Mail Service, 5 "Davy," the newsvendor, 6 Mr. Davitt, 7 Coercion in America and Ireland, 8 Montgomery Blair's maxim, 8 Irish cars, 9 Maple's Hotel, 9 Father Burke of Tallaght, 10, 11 Peculiarities of Post-offices, 12, 13 National League Office, 13 The Dublin National Reception, 14 Mr. T.D. Sullivan, M.P., 14 Dublin Castle, 15 Mr. O'Brien, Attorney-General, 16 The Chief-Secretary, Mr. Balfour, 17-24 Fathers M'Fadden and M'Glynn, 18 Come-outers of New England, 18 Mr. Wilfrid Blunt, 19, 20 Sir West Ridgway, 24 Divisional Magistrates, 24 Colonel Turner, 25 The Castle Service, 25-29 Visit of the Prince of Wales, 27 Lord Chief-Justice Morris, 29-37 An Irish Catholic on Mr. Parnell, 31-33 Mr. Justice Murphy, 36 Lord Ashbourne, 37, 38 Unionist meeting, 39 Old Middle State type of American-Irish Protestant, 39 Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in America, 41 Difficulties of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, 43 Dr. Jellett, 43 Dinner at the Attorney-General's, 43-46 Sir Bernard Burke, 46-49 Irish Landlords at Kildare Street Club, 49-52 The people and the procession, 53-55 Ripon and Morley, 54, 55
CHAPTER II.
Dublin to Sion, Feb 3, 56 Poor of the city, 57 Strabane, 58-60 Sion flax-mills, 60-62 Dr. Webb, 63-65 Gweedore, Feb 4, 65 A good day's work, 65 Strabane, 66 Names of the people, 66 Bad weather judges, 67 Letterkenny, p 67, 68 Picturesque cottages, 67 Communicative gentleman, 68 Donegal Highlands, 68-70 Glen Veagh, 71 Errigal, 72 Dunlewy and the Clady, 72 Gweedore, Feb 5, 73 Lord George Hill, 74 Gweedore 1838 to 1879, 75-81 Gweedore 1879 to 1888, 81-91 Father M'Fadden, 83-104 A Galway man's opinions, 84-89 Value of tenant-right, 83 Condition of tenantry, 84 Woollen stuffs, 87, 88 Distress in Gweedore, 88, Do. in Connemara, 88 Mr Burke, 90 Plan of Campaign, 93 Emigration, 94, 95 Settlement with Captain Hill, 94 Landlord and tenant, 96-98 Land Nationalisation, 98 Father M'Fadden's plan, 98 Gweedore, Feb 6, 104 On the Bunbeg road, 104-110 Falcarragh, 111-123 Ballyconnell House, 112-123 Townland and Rundale, 118 Use and abuse of tea, 119 Lord Leitrim, 121 A "Queen of France," 121 The Rosses, 123
CHAPTER III.
Dungloe, Feb. 7, 124 From Gweedore, 124 Irish "jaunting car," 125 "It will fatten four, feed five, and starve six," 125 Natural wealth of the country, 125 Isle of Arran and Anticosti, p 12 The Gombeen man, 126-130 Dungloe, 126-131 Burtonport, 129 Lough Meela, 128 Attractions of the Donegal coast, 128 Compared with Isles of Shoals and Appledore, 129 Wonderful granite formations, 129 Material for a new industry, 129 Father Walker, 131 Migratory labourers, 133 Granite quarries, 133 Stipends of the Roman Catholic clergy, 134-137 Herring Fisheries, 137 Arranmore, 137 Dungloe woollen work, 138 Baron's Court, Feb 8, 139 Dungloe to Letterkenny, 139-141 Doocharry Red Granite, 140 Fair at Letterkenny, 142 Feb 9, 143 On Clare and Kerry, 143 A Priest's opinion on Moonlighters, 143 The Lixnaw murder, 143 Baron's Court, 144 James I.'s three castles, 145 Ulster Settlement, 146 Descendants of the old Celtic stock, 146 The park at Baron's Court, 146 A nonogenarian O'Kane, 148 Irish "Covenanters," 150 Shenandoah Valley people, 151 The murderers of Munterlony, 151 A relic of 1689, 152 Woollen industry, 152-155 Londonderry Orange symposium, 156 February 11, 157 Sergeant Mahony on Father M'Fadden, 157-163
CHAPTER IV.
Abbeyleix, Feb. 12, 164 Newtown-Stewart, 164 An absentee landlord, 164 "The hill of the seven murders," 165 Newry, Dublin, Maple's Hotel, Maryborough, 165 "Hurrah for Gilhooly," 166 Abbeyleix town, chapel, and church, 168 Embroidery and lace work, 169 Wood-carving, 170 General Grant, 171 Kilkenny, 172 Kilkenny Castle, 173 Muniment-room, 174 Table and Expense Books, 176 Dublin once the most noted wine-mart of Britain, 177, 178 Cathedral of St. Canice, 178 The Waterford cloak, 179 The College, 180 Irish and Scotch whisky, 180 Duke of Ormonde's grants, 181 The Plan of Campaign, 182-186 Ulster tenant-right, 186, 187
CHAPTER V.
Dublin, Feb. 14, 188 The Irish National Gallery, 188-191 Feb. 15, 192 London: Mr. Davitt,