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But the commanding region of the Galties 

 deferves more attention. Thofe who are fond 

 of fcenes in which nature reigns in all her 

 wild magnificence, fhould vifit this flupendous 

 chain. It confifts of many vaft mountains, 

 thrown together in an afiemblage of the moil 

 interesting features, from boldnefs and height 

 of the declivities, freedom of outline, and va- 

 riety of parts ; filling a fpace of about fix 

 miles by three or four. Galtymore is the high- 

 eft point, and rifes like the lord and father of 

 the furrounding progeny. From the top you 

 look down upon a great extent of mountain, 

 which fhelves away from him to the fouth, eaft, 

 and welt; but to the north, the ridge is almoft 

 a perpendicular declivity. On that fide the 

 famous golden vale of Limerick and Tipperary 

 fpreads a rich level to the eye, bounded by the 

 mountains of Clare, King's and Q-ieen's coun- 

 ties, with the courie of the Shannon, for ma- 

 ny miles below Limerick. To the fouth you 

 look over alternate ridges of mountains, which 

 rife one beyond another, till in a clear day the 

 eye meets the ocean near Dungarvon. The 

 mountains of Waterford and Knockmaldown 

 fill up the fpace to the fouth-eaft. The 

 weitern is the moft extenfive view ; for no- 

 thing ftops the eye till Mangerton and Mac- 

 gilly Cuddy's Reeks point out the fpot where 

 Killarney's lake calls for a farther excurfion. 

 The profpeft extends into eight counties, Corke, 

 Kerry, Waterford, Limerick, Clare, Queen's, 

 Tipperary, King's. 



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