FOOTNOTES:
[57] _Morning Post_, 11th September.
[58] _Ipswich Gazette_, 9th September.
[59] _Cambridge Chronicle_ for September.
[60] But the disease was not so rapid as this in all cases.
[61] _Freeman's Journal_, Nov. 4.
[62] The letter is dated Cork, 22nd Nov., 1845
[63] All the italics in the above quotations are Mr. Foster's own.
[64] The last short sentence about the "low estimate" was not quoted by
Sir Robert, although it immediately follows the previous one in the
portion of the communication given in the Memoirs. Part 3, page 171.
[65] Memoirs, part 3, page 143.
[66] The remedies which Dean Hoare said the people were "slow" to adopt,
were proved to be worthless, and in some instances even pernicious. The
steward on Mr. Leslie's estate in Monaghan writes that, "The potatoes
dug and arranged according to the advice of the Government Commissioners
had become diseased and useless." On the very day the Dean's letter was
written, there was a meeting of the landlords of Cavan held; and in a
Report emanating from that meeting, signed by Lord Farnham, the
following passage occurs: "With reference to the potatoes stored with
solid substance, or packing stuff, intervening in any form, in pit, on
floors, or lofts, the use of packing stuff appears to be highly
prejudicial.
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