After  haviiup  witnessed  the  splen-
dours of  civilised  life  abroad,  the
sight  of  Dublm  in  the  year  1771,
when  I  returned  thither,  struck  me
with  any  th^e  but  respect.  It  was
as  savage  as  Warsaw  almost,  without
the  regal  grandeur,  of  the  latter  city.
The  people  looked  more  ragged  than
any  race  I  have  ever  seen  except  the
npsy  hordes  along  the  banks  of  the
X)anube.  There  was,  as  I  have  said,
not  an  inn  in  the  town  fit  for  a  gen-
tleman of  condition  to  dwell  in.
Those  luckless  fellovrs  who  could  not
keep  carriage,  and  walked  the  streets
at  night,  ran  imminent  risks  of  the
knives  of  the  women  and  ruffians
who  lay  in  wait  there, — of  a  set  of
ragged,  savage  villains  who  neither
knew  Ihe  use  of  shoe  nor  taaor;  and
as  a  aentleman  entered  his  diair  or
his  chariot,  to  be  carried  to  his  even*
iog  rout,  or  the  play,  the  flambeaux
of  the  footmen  would  light  up  such  %
set  of  wild,  ^bbering,  Milesian  faces
as  would  fhghten  a  genteel  person
of  avera^  nerves.  I  was  luckily  en-
dowed with  strong  ones ;  besides,  had
seen  my  amiable  countrymen  before.
