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CONTENTS.
| Introduction | ||
| Preface | ||
| CHAPTER I. | ||
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Object of the work — General Remarks on the Condition of Ireland before the Famine — Coachman's reasons for Murder — Difficulties of writing a correct work on Ireland — Position of the writer, &c, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER II. | ||
Cup of Trembling — Irish Housekeeping — Indian Meal — First News of the Famine — Kind Judge — First Starving Person, and Means of Preserving him — Unexpected Assistance from New York — Joseph Bewley — Soup-shop — Manner of carrying Bread through the Street — Cook-street Labors in Dublin — Central Relief Committee in Dublin — Amount of Moneys — God's Promises and Dealings, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER III. | ||
Stewards — Meal from New York — Sacks, and Government Arrangements for Distribution of Meal — Donation from Pauper Children of New York — Convent — Going to Belfast — Doings of the Women there — Hirelings and Voluntaries — Hon. William Butler — William Bennett — Mrs. Hewitson — Visits to George Hill — Patrick M'Kye's Letter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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