. Thomas Davis, selections from his prose and poetry. , and doctors—and whats worse, their wives anddaughters—penetrate Britain and the Continent withoutever trying whether they could not defy in Ireland theennui before which they run over seas and mountains. The cause of this, as of most of our grievances, wasmisgovernment, producing poverty, discomfort, ignorance,and misrepresentation. The people were ignorant and inrags, their houses miserable, the roads and hotels shocking ;we had no banks, few coaches, and, to crown all, the Englishdeclared the people to be rude and turbulent, which theyw
. Thomas Davis, selections from his prose and poetry. , and doctors—and whats worse, their wives anddaughters—penetrate Britain and the Continent withoutever trying whether they could not defy in Ireland theennui before which they run over seas and mountains. The cause of this, as of most of our grievances, wasmisgovernment, producing poverty, discomfort, ignorance,and misrepresentation. The people were ignorant and inrags, their houses miserable, the roads and hotels shocking ;we had no banks, few coaches, and, to crown all, the Englishdeclared the people to be rude and turbulent, which theywere not, as well as drunken and poor, which they assuredlywere. An Irish landlord who had ill-treated his owntenants felt a conscientious dread of all frieze-coats ; othersadopted his prejudices, and a people who never wererude or unjust to strangers were considered unsafe to travel amongst. Most of these causes are removed. The people aresober, and are rapidly advancing to knowledge, theirpolitical exertions and dignity have broken away much of. •2 ?? w. o *§ -V $ U* --» C/5 ^ \l -^ a ^ ^ 1 *3 C/2 > r\ r> 5 o -J ,- O -^ >-H —J 3 a LITERARY AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS. 201 the prejudices against them, and a man passing throughany part of Ireland expects to find woeful poverty andstrong discontent, but he does not fear the abduction of hiswife, or attempts to assassinate him on every lonely coaches, cars, and roads, too, have become excellent,and the hotels are sufficient for any reasonable very marked discouragement to travelling was thewant of information ; the maps were little daubs, and theguide-books were few and inaccurate. As to maps we arenow splendidly off. The Railway Commissioners Mapof Ireland, aided by the Ordnance Index Map of anycounty where a visitor makes a long stay, are ample. Wehave got a good general guide-book in Fraser, but it couldnot hold a twentieth of the information necessary to aleisurely tourist ; nor, till the Or
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