At 1/2 past 5 on the morning of the 28th Sept. I left with regret my friends in Limerick to return to Waterford. We picture to ourselves in England the Irish as a very hospitable people but we are apt to imagine that a considerable part of that hospitality consists of making their guests drunk, or at least in pressing upon them abundance of wine. I have no doubt that where an inclination of that sort exists, a person will find it very easy to gratify it in Ireland, & that even where reason struggles against inclination the latter will find a powerful advocate in the host. But for my own part I can truly say that I found it no more difficult to avoid intemperance in Ireland than in England but that I experienced a hospitality whose generous object seemed only to be to gratify every wish & to forward me in every object that I had in view. Among the lower classes too an Irishman will assist you without understanding your object, [p. 155] In England they will probably consider you either as a fool or a knave and perhaps not always refrain from corresponding actions.
The road to Pallis winds exceedingly, [p. 156] After crossing a range forming the extremity of the ridge of Sliev na muck we enter a delightful country watered by the Sure, rich, well cultivated, adorned with wood & bounded by fine & well varied mountains. At Cahir are some ruins190 which on a passing view had a picturesque appearance. From Cahir the river runs almost close under the Waterford mountains & the valley is more confined tho still wide and beautiful. The Waterford mountains are high and well formed but they are heathy not Craggy mountains. I passed thro Clonmell and took up my residence at the hospitable mansion of Sarah Grub.191