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on the whole, possesses much character, and 

 is really beautiful. Mr. Young has a very pretty 

 place at the foot of the mountain bordering 

 on the lake. Char are taken here, and the 

 water is reported to be of great depth. We 

 understood that the red deer are found as 

 inhabitants of the mountains. From this en- 

 gaging spot we had the same distance to 

 travel as through the pass of Barnmoor 5 but 

 the undulations of our road, and cheerful rich- 

 ness of the scene, formed a most complete con- 

 trast to that melancholy drive. 



It is from trifling incidents, that conclusions 

 may not less frequently than justly be drawn of 

 the general character of a people. As we ap- 

 proached the town of Donegal, we had a 

 specimen of the deportment of individuals, 

 somewhat elevated above the level of the com- 

 monalty, to their supposed inferiors. A per- 

 son of the former description was supplicated 

 by a poor man who attended him for several 

 hundred yards, urging his petition with his hat 

 in his hand, and so he continued, though a 

 number of people were passing, as long as 

 they remained in our sight. The feelings with 

 which I witnessed such conduct to a fellow 

 creature were with great difficulty suppressed 



