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The slave trade, domestic and foreign - Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by H. C. (Henry Charles) Carey
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A. "Not only have I never known of such a case, but I have never
heard any person attribute such a case to the fisherwomen of
Claddagh. I was on duty in the three islands of Arran, inhabited
almost exclusively by fishermen, who also farm potatoes, and I never
heard of one of their women--who are remarkable for their
beauty--having had an illegitimate child, nor did I ever hear it
attributed to them; indeed, I have been informed by Mr. -----, a
magistrate who has lived in Galway for eight years, and has been on
temporary duty in the island of Arran, that he also had never heard
there of a case of that nature."--P. 209.

A. "I have been here better than two years, and during that time I
have never known of any woman of Claddagh having had an illegitimate
child--indeed, I have never even heard of it."

Q. "Have you ever known of any such case in Galway?"

A. "Oh, I think there have been some cases in _town_. Of my own
knowledge I cannot say so, but I have _heard_ of it."--_Ibid_.

Q. "How long have you been in charge of the Claddagh village?"

A. "I have been nine years here, for five years of which last March I
have been in charge of Claddagh."

Q. "During that time has there been an illegitimate child born
there?"

A. "No, I have never heard of it, and if it had happened I should
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