Of course I had a small capital to start with: but where did I get that?
Not from the Government.

I earned and saved it myself; and then I wasn't above learning how best to use it." He thinks the people here--though by no means what they might be with more thrift and knowledge--much better off than the same class in many other parts of Ireland.

There are no "Gombeen men" here, he says, and no usurious shopkeepers.

"The people back each other in a friendly way when they need help." Many of the labourers, he says, are in debt to him, but he never presses them, and they are very patient with each other.

They would do much better if any pains were taken to teach them.