It was thought at one time that, if the Germans seriously weakened their hold on some of the more troublesome tribes and withdrew garrisons from localities where troops alone had kept the native in subjection, risings of a terrible and embarrassing character would be the result.

Some of Lady Gregory's earlier one-act farces, such as The Workhouse-Ward, are very amusing; The Rising of the Moon is a little dramatic gem, and The Gaol Gate is touched with genuine tragedy.

The Mohammedan risings were not elements of a general Mohammedan revolt, but separate events only incidentally connected with each other.

We have already pointed out that these risings of secret societies were always a sign of intolerable conditions among the peasantry.