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feen the like ; and I obferved very high in the 

 mountains, much higher than any cultivation, 

 is at prefent, on the right hand, flat and clear- 

 ed fpaces of good grafs among the ridges of 

 rock, which had probably been cultivated, and 

 proved that thefe mountains were not inca- 

 pable from climate of being applied to ufeful 

 purpofes, 



From one of thefe heights, I looked forward 

 to the lake of Killarney at a confiderable di- 

 ftance, and backward to the river Kenmare ; 

 came in view of a fmall part of the upper lake, 

 fpotted with feveral iflands, and furrpunded by 

 the moft tremendous mountains that can be 

 imagined of an afpecl: favage and dreadful. 

 From this fcene of wild magnificence, I broke 

 at once upon all the glories of Killarney; from 

 an elevated point of view I looked down on a 

 confiderable part of the lake, which gave me 

 a f^ecimen of what I might expect. The wa- 

 ter yen command (which, however, is only a 

 part of the lake) appears a bafon of two or 

 three miles, round; to the left it is inclofed by 

 the mountains you have pafTed particularly by 

 the Turk, whofe outline is uncommonly noble, 

 and joins a range of others, that form the 

 moft magnificent fliore in the world: on the 

 other fide is a rifing fcenery of cultivated hills, 

 and Lord Kenmare's park and woods ; the end 

 of the lake at your feet is formed by the root of 

 Mangerton, on whofe fide the road leads. 

 From hence I looked down on a pretty range 



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