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feeling of commiseration fled ; and for the first 

 time, under similar circumstances, we parted 

 in no charity with each other. 



The fertility which had been so gratifying on 

 our approach to Belleek soon disappeared as 

 we turned our backs on the town. We had 

 twenty miles to reach this miserable place. As 

 we understood we should have to encounter 

 many sharp ascents in the road, I would have 

 lightened our carriage by the weight of our 

 luggage, had not the modesty of a return post 

 chaise driver, to whom I would have consigned 

 it, demanded half his fare for its conveyance. 



The magnitude and the form of mount Ne- 

 phin are extremely grand ; its lofty summit 

 being generally enveloped in clouds, it was only 

 at intervals we could obtain a complete view of it 

 in all its majesty. This mountain is situated at 

 the extremity of an immense bog, in the centre 

 of which is Lough Conn. The surface of this 

 great water is broken by a considerable number 

 of scattered islands ; its margins are too flat to 

 be considered as entitled to the claim of beauty. 

 We understood that it abounds with the gillaroo 

 trout. 



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On stopping for the purpose of refreshing 



