CHATER XIII. 



AUTUMNAL ROVINGS. 



JN the Lakes of Killarney and the Giant's Causeway you 

 have the two types of scenery for which Green Erin 

 is famous. The beauty of the former, as the poet 

 and painter have ever loved to tell us, is of the softest and 

 loveliest description ; and its praises should be chanted in 

 dulcet tones to the trembling cadence of the ^Eolian harp. 

 The beauty of the Giant's Causeway is of the rugged order, 

 and its craggy grandeur should be proclaimed by the blus- 

 terous north wind through a pipe composed of 



" A hundred reeds of decent growth." 



The mention of these two places suggests, from quite 

 another point of view, not a contrast so much as a com- 

 parison. Some one has either said or sung that happiness in 

 Ireland is always cheap. As is often the case with other 

 statements, the truth of the proposition depends entirely 

 upon circumstances. It is generally considered that there 

 are two sources of enjoyment in this ever-interesting field 

 for the wanderer and sportsman, which are not particularly 



