268 Profitable Application of Ashes. 



Great as are the pleasures resulting from a 

 contemplation of the sublime, and imposing as 

 are the dismal objects in the scenery of this 

 extraordinary pass, we were extremely happy to 

 change our prospect, and once again enter into 

 the habitable world. 



A number of cabins have been recently 

 erected at the termination of the pass, where 

 the land has been let at four shillings an acre, 

 on leases for lives, and thirty years beyond their 

 duration. 



As a proof of the profitable application of 

 ashes, the luxuriant appearance of the potatoes 

 and oats surprised me, the cultivation on the 

 southern side of the mountain is carried to a great 

 height ; on the more elevated parts of which, a 

 number of goats, belonging to the cabins below, 

 were seen browsing. 



As we descended into the plain, we had a 

 magnificent view of the Ross mountains. Lough 

 Esk is at the head of the valley which com- 

 municates with Donegal. This lake is of incon- 

 siderable extent the mountain at its head 

 is rendered more sublime by being thickly 

 covered with wood at its base. The scenery, 



