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Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C.
accommodate us the following day with his six-oared-bai'ge * . To this note we had soon a satisfactory reply , and we spent the remainder of the evening in providing proper stores for our intended voyage .
nth September . Were I to give you a pompous account of our embarkation , I could not say less than , that , favoured by a fine morning , we rose early , and having embarked with our provisions , train of artillery , and musical instruments , by seven o'clock we proceeded to Muci-us and the Upper Lake .
From Ross Castle we went to the opposite side , and kept pretty close to the shore , under the great _ mountain of Glena , which with Tomish exhibited an extensive and at the same time magnificent piece of woodland scenery . At Glena Bay we went on shore and cut our names on a large birch tree ( the record of innumerable visitors ) , discharged two pieces of
cannon , and sounded the French-horn . The echo from the report of the guns was first heard on the adjacent mountains , and twice after on others at a considerable distance , like claps of thunder ; the several echos of the music were deli ghtfully harmonious , whilst reverberating round the mountains , and then gradually dying away in strains of softest melody . Leaving this -place , we passed a kind of bay , called O'Sullivan's Bason , and at nine o'clock landed at Old Ware Bridge , where chusing a retired spot amongst the trees , our boatmen kindled a large fire
with wood , and we made a very comfortable breakfast . On the eve of our departure from this . place we were suddenly surrounded by a number of women and children , each carrying a bundle of walking-sticks , which they cut in the woods adjacent to the Lake , and coloured in a curious manner . The sticks were offered for sale on reasonable terms , and a brisk trade immediatel y followed , the ardour of which did not abate until the bottom of our barge was covered
with walking-sticks . It often happens , that p leasure is suspended by commerce ; but here it proved quite otherwise , for this solitary and unexpected traffic , by opening a new source of entertainment , instead of interrupting , served to enliven the scene . After leaving V / are Bridge we found the Lake in many places but a few yardswide , and the water so shallow that the barge could not
proceed , without our getting out , whilst the men dragged it along into deeper water . _ The Eagle ' s Nest is a very hi gh mountain on the ri ght hand , which rises , majestically above the water . A , t a short distance from this place we put one of our men on shore , with orders to blow the French-horn in five minutes after our departure , and landing hi gher up the Lake , we expected at the expiration of the limited time to ' have heard him ; nearly ten . minutes having
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Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C.
accommodate us the following day with his six-oared-bai'ge * . To this note we had soon a satisfactory reply , and we spent the remainder of the evening in providing proper stores for our intended voyage .
nth September . Were I to give you a pompous account of our embarkation , I could not say less than , that , favoured by a fine morning , we rose early , and having embarked with our provisions , train of artillery , and musical instruments , by seven o'clock we proceeded to Muci-us and the Upper Lake .
From Ross Castle we went to the opposite side , and kept pretty close to the shore , under the great _ mountain of Glena , which with Tomish exhibited an extensive and at the same time magnificent piece of woodland scenery . At Glena Bay we went on shore and cut our names on a large birch tree ( the record of innumerable visitors ) , discharged two pieces of
cannon , and sounded the French-horn . The echo from the report of the guns was first heard on the adjacent mountains , and twice after on others at a considerable distance , like claps of thunder ; the several echos of the music were deli ghtfully harmonious , whilst reverberating round the mountains , and then gradually dying away in strains of softest melody . Leaving this -place , we passed a kind of bay , called O'Sullivan's Bason , and at nine o'clock landed at Old Ware Bridge , where chusing a retired spot amongst the trees , our boatmen kindled a large fire
with wood , and we made a very comfortable breakfast . On the eve of our departure from this . place we were suddenly surrounded by a number of women and children , each carrying a bundle of walking-sticks , which they cut in the woods adjacent to the Lake , and coloured in a curious manner . The sticks were offered for sale on reasonable terms , and a brisk trade immediatel y followed , the ardour of which did not abate until the bottom of our barge was covered
with walking-sticks . It often happens , that p leasure is suspended by commerce ; but here it proved quite otherwise , for this solitary and unexpected traffic , by opening a new source of entertainment , instead of interrupting , served to enliven the scene . After leaving V / are Bridge we found the Lake in many places but a few yardswide , and the water so shallow that the barge could not
proceed , without our getting out , whilst the men dragged it along into deeper water . _ The Eagle ' s Nest is a very hi gh mountain on the ri ght hand , which rises , majestically above the water . A , t a short distance from this place we put one of our men on shore , with orders to blow the French-horn in five minutes after our departure , and landing hi gher up the Lake , we expected at the expiration of the limited time to ' have heard him ; nearly ten . minutes having