tionate in the world, and
the uproar when any one of the colony is ailing is astonishing, and
bewildering to more civilised and perhaps colder-blooded folk.

Mr. R. Mahony's estate of Dromore (_Anglice_ "Big Ridge") is the
theatre of even more extensive improvements than those of Derryquin.
Mr. Mahony has 29,163 acres in Kerry, valued by Griffith at 3,071l.
In his pamphlet he states:--"In the year 1851 I came into possession
of my estate. Old rentals in my possession show that for many years
previous to that date there had been allowances made to tenants at the
rate of about 1,000l. per annum. Yet when I took up the estate there
was not one drain made by a tenant, not one slated house, not a perch
of road, not a yard of sub-soiled land. I then adopted the system of
making all improvements myself, charging interest of the outlay upon
the occupier according to the circumstances and increased value of the
farm. The result has been that in five-and-twenty years I have built
about eighty houses and offices slated or tiled, made twenty-eight
miles of road, built nine bridges, made twenty-three miles of fences,
thoroughly drained about five hundred acres, planted one hundred and
fifty acres of waste land, and proportionately improved the condition
and circumstances of the people."

There is abundant evidence of Mr. Mahony's work on his estate, which
is not only valuable in itself but as an example. The roads are
admirably laid, and the employment of concrete made of Portland cement
and the sand and pebbles of the seashore, since followed at Ardfert,
was initiated at Dromore. Walls, floors, partitions, are all of
concrete, and the roofs of the houses last built of handsome red
tiles. The disposition of the apartments in the Dromore cottages
varies somewhat from that of the neighbouring estate. The principal
room, or kitchen, has nothing above it but the high-pitched roof,
lined with wood tastefully disposed. The remaining three apartments
are two on the ground floor, a tiny parlour and convenient bedroom,
and one full-sized bedroom above. Separate cow-houses and pigsties are
also appended to each cottage. So far as can be judged from a hurried
visit, many of the houses are very well and tidily kept; in fact, so
treated as not to destroy hope in the future of the Irish peasant
cultivator, although this trimness is by no means so general as it
might be. Mr. Mahony has also, by way of showing his people how things
should be done