i 3 2 GLEN OF THE DOWNS. 



I found all exceedingly fine, one field of oats 

 the beft I had feen in Ireland. 



July 1 7th. — Took my leave of General Cun- 

 ninghame, and went through the Glen of the 

 downs in my way to Powerfcourt. The Glen 

 is a pafs between two vaft ridges of mountains 

 covered with wood, which have a very noble 

 effect, the vale is no wider than to admit the 

 road, a fmall gurgling river almoft by its fide, 

 and narrow flips of rocky and fhrubby' ground 

 which parts them : in the front all efcape feems 

 denied by an immenfe conical mountain which 

 rifes out of the Glen, and feems to fill it up. 

 The fcenery is of a moft magnificent charac- 

 ter. On the top of the ridge to the right Mr. 

 La Touche has a banqueting room. Paffing 

 from this fublime fcene, the road leads through 

 chearful grounds all under corn, fifing and 

 falling to the eye, and then to a vale of charm- 

 ing verdure broken into inclofures, and bound- 

 ed by two rocky mountains, diftant darker 

 mountains filling up the fcene in front : this 

 whole ride is interefiing, for within a mile and 

 an half of Tinnyhinch (the inn to which I 

 was directed) you come to a delicious view on 

 the right, a fmall vale opening to the fea, 

 bounded by mountains, whofe dark fhade 

 forms a -perfect contraft to the extreme beauty 

 and lively verdure of the lower fcene, confirm- 

 ing of gently fwelling lawns riling from each 

 other, with groups of trees betw T een, and the 

 whole fo prettily fcattered with white farms, 

 as to add every idea of chearfulnefs. Kept on 

 towards Powerfcourt, which prefently came 



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