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mising ; and it was fortunate we made up our 

 minds to disappointment, or the want of Eng- 

 lish comforts might have been severely felt. Of 

 the civility of the house we had no reason to 

 complain. 



The appearance of the town this morning 

 did not impress us with a more favourable 

 opinion than the evening before had inspired. 

 The landlord assured us that the view of the 

 lake, about half a mile from the town, was not 

 to be exceeded; and obligingly offered to be 

 our conductor, after breakfast, to an eminence 

 whence we commanded a distinct prospect of 

 this extensive water, whose surface within half 

 a mile of its head is so contracted as to give it 

 the appearance of a noble river. 



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The woods at Shanes Castle, and those be- 

 longing to Lord Massarene, contribute to beau- 

 tify the margin of this part of the lake, where 

 the scenery is interesting; but the flat shores 

 of the upper end of it have nothing to invite 

 more than a passing look. 



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Our landlord rents a considerable farm, and 



has great pride in the cheeses he obtains from 



his milk they really were good ; and had they 



been otherwise, the inferiority of them in this 



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