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gentle hills of excellent tillage-land. At Clarina, Car- 

 rigogunniel, and Tervoe, the country is very fertile, — 

 deep red earth when turned up by the plough, and the 

 finest pastures when in grass. 



At Tervoe, the residence of Mr Monsell, M.P., a 

 large party were assembled, including Mr Horsman, 

 M.P., Mr Augustus Stafford, M.P., Mr De Vere, and 

 others. This house is beautifully situated on a lofty 

 bank about half-a-mile from the Shannon, in a finely 

 wooded country, and commands a view of the shipping 

 and the water up to the city of Limerick. The walks 

 and drives in the grounds are varied and extensive ; 

 the land is mostly in pasture of the finest quality. 



Within a mile of Tervoe stands the ancient castle of 

 Carrigogunniel, finely situated on the summit of a mound 

 of trap rock, protruding through the limestone, and rising 

 to a height of nearly 200 feet from its base. Entering 

 through the breach made by the soldiers of Cromwell, 

 and ascending the stairs of the last remaining tower, we 

 beheld a prospect which is beyond all things rich and 

 beautiful. The day was sunny and warm, the grass of 

 the rock on which the castle stands of a refreshing green, 

 the same verdure continued for more than a mile over 

 the fat "corcase" land to the river : the noble Shannon 

 gleaming in the sun, and seen from the spot on which we 

 stood, winding its way for miles through the fertile 

 country ; one or two large ships floating up with the 

 rising tide, their white sails hanging loose in the still 

 air : on the farther side of the river, the same rich land 

 rising, through Cratloe woods, into a lofty background ; 

 to the east, the city of Limerick overhung by smoke, 



