IRISH DONKEYS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
ITo VIE EDITOR Os TEE SPECTATOR."]
have read your instructive article under the above heading in the Spectator of July 10th. I read it, too, with more than ordinary interest, because within the last fortnight I have seen a train fall of these now profitable animals con- veyed into the city of Limerick from some of the adjoining districts rightly referred to by you as places where purchases are made. I am sure you are not, but some of your readers may be, unacquainted with the fact that the Congested Districts Beard for Ireland, at the instigation, I believe, especially, of Mr. Commissioner Wrench, a very practical and active member of the Board, has been for some years putting into practice what you advise, (even more than) "a little organisation and intelligent development," with a view to improving the breed of donkeys in the country for the benefit of the more or less neglected poor Irish peasant. I trust that your valuable and timely article will have the effect of encouraging the Board to go on with this part of their laudable enterprise, and save them from all temptation to grow lukewarm in their efforts on account of any appre- hended failure in immediate results. Let me, as an Irish- man, take this opportunity to thank you for the kindly way in which a sympathetic Irish spirit is displayed in more than one article in the Spectator of date mentioned.—I am
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