all Catholics, and as poor as I shall describe, having among them no more than—
"One cart, |
One priest, |
"None of their either married or unmarried women can afford more than one shift, and the fewest number can afford any, and more than one half of both men and women cannot afford shoes to their feet, nor can many of them afford a second bed, but whole families of sons and daughters of mature age indiscriminately lying together with their parents, and all in the bare buff.
"They have no means of harrowing their land, but with meadow rakes. Their farms are so small that