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no matter how clever you may be, sooner or later a 

 regrettable purchase gets admittance to your stables. 

 On the previous day he had taken me to see one 

 that had been sent from Dublin : a very nice-shaped 

 animal in every respect, excepting his ears ; and his 

 services were offered me for this day's drive. I am 

 glad that the prejudice created by the horse's look 

 at me with one eye, while he dropped the ear on the 

 same side, caused me to decidedly prefer one I had 

 already ridden behind. 



We started with an excellent turn-out and a most 

 capable, chatty and well-informed driver, who soon 

 brought us to the brow of the hills that opened the 

 wide expanse of country that sloped away seawards 

 and permitted us to enjoy salt breezes, blended with 

 a scent of peat and heather. 



It was a lovely drive to Malin More, where 

 we dismounted to visit its most beautiful bay, where 

 once again we had the satisfaction of seeing some 

 splendid works of the Congested District Board, 

 consisting of a well-sheltered and massive quay, 

 a curing house, and a small fleet of Atlantic fishing 

 boats. 



The washing of the mighty waves that dash 

 against this part of the coast cuts strange devices 

 in the varying hardness and tenacity of the cliffs, 

 which are so high and perpendicular as to neces- 

 sitate great circumspection in approaching the 

 edges. 



Sheep could be seen nibbling the grass on tiny 



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