120 Belfast. 



rK 'The distance we had travelled from Donag- 

 hadee was only fifteen miles, yet such had been 

 our amusement on the road that it had occu- 

 pied four hours in a most pleasant manner. 

 The roads, made at the expense of the county, 

 are admirable, and cost the traveller no more 

 than every one ought cheerfully to pay his 

 gratitude! 

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Belfast is considered to be one of the most 

 thriving towns in Ireland : it must now far sur- 

 pass all ideas that could be entertained by the 

 first settlers ; and though its rise appears like 

 enchantment, it has all the advantages which 

 could be derived from a regular plan. The 

 streets are broad, the houses handsome; and 

 the display made by the shops was to us very 

 unexpected. The quays have been greatly im- 

 proved, and extensive docks are now making. 



Belfast and its suburbs contain thirty-two 

 thousand inhabitants ; and in point of situation, 

 and the facilities it is capable of affording to 

 trade, few places can boast an equality still 

 fewer superiority. A large proportion of the 

 inhabitants are presbyterians descended from 

 Scotch ancestors, and strongly retaining the 

 features of the country from which they spring. 



