The following is the territorial surface of Ireland:—
Acres.
Arable land, gardens, meadows, pastures, and marshes 12,125,280
Uncultivated lands, and bogs capable of improvement ... 4,900,000
Surface incapable of any kind of improvement[3].......... 2,416,664
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Total of acres 19,441,944
ROUGE ET NOIR.
When jovial Barras was the Monarch of France,
And its women all lived in the light of his glance,
One eve, when tall Tallien and plump Josephine
Were trying the question, of which should be Queen,
Dame Josephine hung on one side of his chair,
With her West Indian bosom as brown as 'twas bare;