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ston j and in miserable condition, though capable of much 

 improvement. As the car slowly toils up some of the 

 steep ascents on this road, the traveller may turn aside 

 for a moment to enjoy the beauty of the scene. Be- 

 neath him lies an arm of Lough Corrib, which, with its 

 many islands, stretches away to the east ; before him is 

 one little isle w r ith its old ruined castle, the fastness of 

 some ancient Irish chieftain, while in the distance are 

 seen the desolate moors and fine mountains of Con- 

 nemara. 



At Dooms, a promontory of 500 acres running out 

 into the Lough, the land improves ; and this, with about 

 1600 acres more adjoining it, and stretching up into the 

 hills, is for sale. It is occupied by a great number of 

 small farmers, but is very capable of improvement, and, 

 if judiciously laid out into small farms, might become a 

 profitable investment. It would require a considerable 

 outlay of capital to provide suitable houses for such 

 tenants, and give them every encouragement, which 

 they would need ; and a resident landlord, devoting 

 himself to the task, could alone make the experiment 

 with success. 



Some way further on, the road branches off to Clon- 

 bruck, in the neighbourhood of which, on the margin of 

 Lough Mask, is the house and demesne of Lord Leitrim. 

 The wooded islands in front of the house, with the lake 

 and the distant mountains, form a very pleasing scene. 

 Within the demesne is situated the parish church of 

 Ross, built chiefly at the expense of Lady Elizabeth 

 Clements. It is a small chapel, capable of containing 

 about sixty persons, but it is all of exquisite workman- 



