give new names to the lands, is a matter-of-fact military man, the prototype of the shrewd colonizer who pretends to be driven by good intentions on his mission. He plainly states the purpose of the British arrival on the Irish territory, genuinely believing in the right of the English to rename and reconstruct the Irish space. His speech is as business-like as possible, offering precise and accurate information about the British mission: "Majesty's Government has ordered the first ever comprehensive survey of this entire country--a general triangulation which will embrace detailed hydrographic and topographic information and which will be executed to a scale of six inches to the English mile."(Friel) Moreover, from his introductory words one can easily deduct that the real purpose of the expedition is that the English might have a better control over the Irish territory and be able to apply taxation more effectively: "This enormous task has been embarked on so that the military authorities will be equipped with up-to-date and accurate information on every corner of this part of the Empire and also so that the entire basis of land valuation can be reassessed for
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