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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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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 ' :