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hills, the inclofures broken by flight fpots of 

 wood, and prettily varied with houfes, without 

 being fo crowded as to take off the rural efFec~l. 

 The fcene is not only beautiful in thofe common 

 circumftances which form a landfcape, but is 

 alive with the chearfulnefs of fhips and boats 

 perpetually moving. Upon the whole, it is 

 gne of the moft luxuriant profpec~ls I have any 

 where feen. Leaving the orchard pafs on the 

 brow of a hill which forms the bank of the 

 river of Glanmire, commanding the oppofite 

 woods of Lota in all their beauty. Rife to the 

 top of the high hill whichjoins the deer-park, 

 and exhibits a fcene equally extenfive and 

 beautiful ; you look down on a vale which 

 winds almoft around at your feet, finifliing 

 to the left in Corke river, which here takes the 

 appearance of a lake, bounded by wood and 

 hills, and funk in the bottom of a vale, in a 

 flyle which painting cannot imitate ; the oppo- 

 fite hills of Lota, wood, and lawn, feem form- 

 ed as objecls for this point of view : at your 

 feet a hill rifes out of the vale, with higher ones 

 around it, the margins fcattered wood; to the 

 right, towards Riverftown, a vale ; the whole 

 backed by cultivated hills to Kallahan's field. 

 Milder fcenes follow -, a bird's-eye view of a 

 fmall vale funk at your feet, through which the 

 river flows ; a bridge of feveral arches unites 

 two parts of a beautiful village, the meadow 

 grounds of which rife gently, a varied furface 

 of wood and lawn, to the hills of Riverftovvn, 

 the whole furrounded by delicious iweeps of 

 cultivated hills. To the left, a wooded glen 



rifing 



