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    Article ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY, &c. IN A LETTER TO J. AND E, FRY. Page 1 of 4 →
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Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C. In A Letter To J. And E, Fry.

ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY , & c . IN A LETTER TO J . AND E , FRY .

BY CAPPER LLOYD , ESQ ^

[ Continuedfrom Page 28 . 8 . } WE landed at Derisk Island , and in a short time walked round it ,, when resuming our voyage we passed Brickun-bridge , built for the purpose of making a communication between the lands of Mucrus and the northern shore of the lake ; it is a new building with one arch in the Gothic stile .

About three o ' clock we dined in our barge , nearly opposite to a rock situated in the lake called the Horse , from having the appearance of that animal in a drinking attitude , when viewed at a . distance . Our men made a kind of table , by laying some boards across from seat to seat , which answered our purpose very well ; in short ,-our-dinner was attended with , all the elegance which circumstances rendered possible

, and had it been much less so , would not have been otherwise than pleasing . Dining al fresco on the Lake of Killarney was a new thing , and novelty and variety have yet their-charms for the human mind . After dinner we landed at Mucrus , the seat and . gardens of Edward HerbertEsq . son . in-law to the late Lord George Germaine .

, We had not long arrived on the grounds of Mucrus before a person who is appointed to conduct strangers over that charming spot offered his assistance . The house is a good modern structure , and situated so . as to command several pleasing and picturesque views . On the lawn \

saw a telescope inscribed " Dollond , London , " and could not help , contemplating the vast difference between its present and former station : between the gloom of solitude and St . Paul ' s Church-yard there is surely a striking contrast . Our guide informed us that the gardens and shrubbery contained 4 8 acres , a nil that in a part of the latter ( covered with thick brush-wood ) shelter is given to the hare , the fox , the martin - - ¦ -.

, and the badger . We were next shewn thirty-one different kinds of trees and shrubs growing out of the crevices of ' a broken rock , among which we ' noticetL Lauristinus , Pyrecanthus , and-Scorpion Senna , and although both this , " and the former relation may seem to require the aid of credulity to pass current , yet , according to my opinion , both may be literally true . The animals here mentioned

are not sii . ii . u- in . h . ir choice . of residence yet , when brought together , may remain , and even be attached to a spot where their wants are easil y supplied , and of which they Ijave always experienced an undisturbed possession . As to the vegetable . curiosities , it can hardly be supposed that their growing so contiguous to each other is entirely the production of chance ; for though some of them may , perhaps , have been indigenous , yet , it must be allowed , that where the woark - " - ' '^ v-ture is found , art Y 9 MJ . Tt ' :

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LONDON: Article 2
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 4
THOUGHTS ON MODERN WIT. Article 8
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. Article 9
QUEEN ELIZABETH TO SIR NICHOLAS THROGMORTON. Article 9
A SPEECH Article 10
JOHN COUSTOS, FOR FREEMASONRY, Article 12
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS IN ENGLAND, Article 16
Untitled Article 17
ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY, &c. IN A LETTER TO J. AND E, FRY. Article 18
THE LIFE OF MRS. ANNE AYSCOUGH, OR ASKEW. Article 22
AN ACCOUNT OF DRUIDISM. Article 26
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 33
ACCOUNT OF JOHN O'GROAT'S HOUSE. Article 38
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE . DR. PAUL HIFFERNAN. Article 39
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF M. BRISSOT. Article 48
ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Article 50
CHARACTER OF REGULUS. Article 55
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 58
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS Article 63
POETRY. Article 70
THE FIELD OF BATTLE. Article 73
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 74
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 75
DEATHS. Article 80
BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C. In A Letter To J. And E, Fry.

ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY , & c . IN A LETTER TO J . AND E , FRY .

BY CAPPER LLOYD , ESQ ^

[ Continuedfrom Page 28 . 8 . } WE landed at Derisk Island , and in a short time walked round it ,, when resuming our voyage we passed Brickun-bridge , built for the purpose of making a communication between the lands of Mucrus and the northern shore of the lake ; it is a new building with one arch in the Gothic stile .

About three o ' clock we dined in our barge , nearly opposite to a rock situated in the lake called the Horse , from having the appearance of that animal in a drinking attitude , when viewed at a . distance . Our men made a kind of table , by laying some boards across from seat to seat , which answered our purpose very well ; in short ,-our-dinner was attended with , all the elegance which circumstances rendered possible

, and had it been much less so , would not have been otherwise than pleasing . Dining al fresco on the Lake of Killarney was a new thing , and novelty and variety have yet their-charms for the human mind . After dinner we landed at Mucrus , the seat and . gardens of Edward HerbertEsq . son . in-law to the late Lord George Germaine .

, We had not long arrived on the grounds of Mucrus before a person who is appointed to conduct strangers over that charming spot offered his assistance . The house is a good modern structure , and situated so . as to command several pleasing and picturesque views . On the lawn \

saw a telescope inscribed " Dollond , London , " and could not help , contemplating the vast difference between its present and former station : between the gloom of solitude and St . Paul ' s Church-yard there is surely a striking contrast . Our guide informed us that the gardens and shrubbery contained 4 8 acres , a nil that in a part of the latter ( covered with thick brush-wood ) shelter is given to the hare , the fox , the martin - - ¦ -.

, and the badger . We were next shewn thirty-one different kinds of trees and shrubs growing out of the crevices of ' a broken rock , among which we ' noticetL Lauristinus , Pyrecanthus , and-Scorpion Senna , and although both this , " and the former relation may seem to require the aid of credulity to pass current , yet , according to my opinion , both may be literally true . The animals here mentioned

are not sii . ii . u- in . h . ir choice . of residence yet , when brought together , may remain , and even be attached to a spot where their wants are easil y supplied , and of which they Ijave always experienced an undisturbed possession . As to the vegetable . curiosities , it can hardly be supposed that their growing so contiguous to each other is entirely the production of chance ; for though some of them may , perhaps , have been indigenous , yet , it must be allowed , that where the woark - " - ' '^ v-ture is found , art Y 9 MJ . Tt ' :

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