One of the constables who followed us as Mr.Tener's body-guard had been present at the eviction.

He came into the house with us, and very graphically described the performance.

The house was still full of heavy stones taken into it, partly to block the entrances, and partly as ammunition; and trunks of trees used as _chevaux defrise_ still protruded through the door and the window.

These trees had been cut down by the garrison in the woodlands here and there all over the property.

I asked if the law in Ireland punished depredations of this sort, and was informed that trees planted by tenants, if registered by them within a certain time, are the property of the tenants.