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your feet, and forms a beautiful fhore to the 

 lake. Tomis and Glena are vaft mountainous 

 malfes of incredible magnificence, the out- 

 line foft and eafy in its fwells, whereas thofe 

 above the eagle's neft are of fo broken and 

 abrupt an outline, that nothing can be imagin- 

 ed more favage, an afpect horrid and fublime, 

 that gives all the impreflions to be wifhed to 

 aftoniih, rather than pleafe the mind. The 

 Turk exhibits noble features, and Mangerton's 

 huge body rifes above the whole. The culti- 

 vated traces towards Killarney, form a fhore in 

 contrail to the terrific fcenes I have juft men- 

 tioned j the diflant boundary of the lake, a 

 vaft ridge of diftant blue mountains towards 

 Dingle. From hence entered the garden, and 

 viewed Mucrufs abbey, one of the moft inter- 

 efting fcenes I ever faw ; it is the ruin of a con- 

 fiderable abbey, built in Henry the Vlth's time, 

 and fo entire, that if it were more fo, though 

 the building would be more perfect, the ruin 

 would be lefs pleafing ; it is half obfcured in the 

 fhade of fome venerable afh trees ; ivy has given 

 the pi6lurefque circumftance, which that plant 

 alone can confer, while the broken walls and 

 ruined turrets throw over it 



The loft mournful graces of dec ay ^ 



heaps of fculls and bones fcattered about, with 

 nettles, briars and weeds fprouting in tufts 

 from the loole ftones, all unite to raife thofe 

 melancholy impreflions, which are the merit of 

 fuch fcenes, and which can fcarcely any where 

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