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iehled wisp OF straw, and sbo,,I - = =.
Two more children lying in another noos ~ oS0 ~, -
cave. Their mother hal died; ami \, .A " 49,. ','
ged To leave them alone during most or H. ~.
10 order to CLEAN something gOr their sub,;s,0,.y'
we were soon amOngIhe most wreiehed hab;ts.
nons that had yet seen, FAR worse than those II
okih6ereen. Many Of them we're fat.rooled boy'
els' malt buried in the earth, or built IN ppnin.,
Tue rocks and covered with rotten straw. seo
"eed' or turf. In one which was scnrceIy -
en- ieei square, we fonnd five persons pr,,,r,,,
with the fever, and apparently near their end ~
grl about sixteen the very pietnre orde.o";.
was the only one left who could adn,inis,or -II;-r
aud all she could do was to bring wa,er IN ' ~,
ken pitcher TO sake their parched Iips A..
proceeded up the rocky hill over iooking ,ho
scene, We encountered new sights of wrc,eboS
ness. Seeing cabin standing somewhat bv ir.oIe
in hollow, and surrounded by a moat of Green
filth, we entered itwilh some difficulty. and founS
a single child about three years old living upon a
kind OF shelf, with its liue face resting nnoo ,ho
edge of the board, and looking slediastly ont a,
the door as ii for its mother. Il never moved Il.
eyes as we entered, but kept them fixed toward
the entrance. It's doubtful whether the poor In.
tie thing had mother or father left 10 her; but
II is more doubtful still whether those eyes would
have relaPsed their vacant gaze, If both Of them
had entered at once, with everything that could
tempt the palate in their hands, No words can
describe this peculiar appearance ofthe lamish.
ed children. Never have seen such bright,
blue clear eyes, looking so steadfasy al nothing
could almost fancy that the Angles of God had
been sent 10 unseal the vision of these ntle. na.
ilent, perlshing creatures 10 the beautiudes of
another world; and that they were listening IN
the whispers Of unseen spirits bidding them 10
"wat liule longer" Leaving this we entered
another cabin, in which we found seven or eiobt
allenuaed young creatures, with mother who
had pawned her cloak, and could not venture ont
10 beg bread because she was not fit to be seen
on the streets. Hearing the voice rwailipn
from cluster fhuls further up The hill, we pro.
ceedrd TO them, aud entered and found several
persons weeping over the dead body Of woman
wing by the wall near the door. Stretched upon
the ground here and there lay several sick per.
sons; and the place seemed den of pestilence.
The filthy straw was rank with the fostering fe.
ver Leaving this habitaton of dealh, we were
met by young woman IN an agony Of despair,
because no une would give her coffin 10 bury
her laiher in. She pointed 10 a cart at some
distance, upon which his body lay; and she was
about 10 follow il 10 The grave; and he was such
good father she could not bear 10 lay him like
beast in The ground; and she begged coffin "for
The honor o(God." While she was wailing and
weeping for This boon, cast my eve towards the
cabin we had just left; and sight met nv view
which made me slrudder with horror. The hus
band of The dead woman came staggering out,
with her body upon his shoulders, slightly cover.
ed with piece of rotten canvas. Twill not
dwell upon The details Of this spectacle. Painful.
y and slowly he bore the remains of The late
companion Of his misery 10 the cart. We fol.
lowed him IiuIe way off, and saw him deposit
his burden along side Of the father of young wo.
man, and by her assistance. As the Two siarled
Tor the graveyard TO bury their own dead, we pur.
sured our walk still further on, and entered un.
other cabin, where We encountered the climax Of
human misery. Surely, thought |, while regard.
ing this new phenomenon of suffering, Ihera can
be no lower deep than this. between US and The
grave. On asking after the condition of The in.
mates, The woman, TO whom we addressed the
question, answered by taking out of the straw
three breathing skeletons, ranging from Two 10
three feet in height, and entirely naked: and
these human things were alivel If they had
been dead, they could not have been such fright.
tul speclaces. They were alive; and, wonder.
IuI 10 say, they could stand upon their feet, and
even walk; but twas awful to see them do it,.
Had their bones been dvested of the skin that
held them together, and been covered with veil
OF thin muslin, they would not have been more
visible. Especially when one of them clung to
the door while aslSter was urging il forward, it
assumed an appearance which can have been sci.
dom paraeIed this side Of the grave. The eff.
Tort which il made 10 cling 10 the door disclosed
every Joint in It's frame, while the deepest lines of
old age furrowcd lis face. The enduring of
ninety wears Of sorrow seemed TO chronicle its
record oiwoe upon the poor chd's countenance.
could bear no more; and we returned 10 Skib-
bereen, after having been all thealiernoon among
those abodes Of misery. On our way we over.
took the cart with the Two uncoffined bodies
The man and young woman were all that alten.
dcd Them 10 the grave. Last year, the funeral
Of either would have called out hundreds of
mourners from those hills: but now the husband
drove his uncohined wife 10 the grave without a
tear in his eye, without word of sorrow.
About half way TO Skibbsreen DR.. Hadden
proposed that we should diverge 10 another road
TO visit u cabin in which we should find Two liule
girls living ulonc with their dead mother, who
had lain unburicd seven days. He gave an af.
lectng history oflhis poor woman; and VIC turn.
ed from the road to visit this new scene of desc.
lation; but rs it was growing quite dark and the
distance was considerable, we concluded to ie.
sumo our way back to the village. In fact had
Witnessed as much as my hearl cbud bear.
In the evening met several gentlemen at tho
house Of Mr.. Swanlon, among whom was DR..
Donovan. He had just returned from neigh
boring parish, where he visited a cabin which
had been deserted by the poor people around, al.
though it was known that some of its inmates
were still alive, though dying in the midst Of tho
dead. He knocked at The door; and, hearing no
voice within, burst it open with his FOOT and was,
in moment, almost ovcrpowered with the hor.
rid stencil. Seeing mans legs protruding from
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