418 Lakes of Killarney. 



associated itself with sorrow and a solicitude to 

 shun the haunts of man ! Such abodes are 

 happily adapted to the genius of a spot so far 

 removed from the intercourse of the world; 

 yet a total want of human habitations would 

 have abstracted from the general interest ^ as 

 Man is still the first and most interesting object. 



The contemplation of the sublime and grand 

 in nature is always associated with meditative 

 thought ; and hence the cast of melancholy 

 arises, which is the principal cause of much of 

 its effect on the mind. 



In tracing the margin of the lake up to its 

 head, the sight of an unmeaning tower- the 

 absurdity of which was made more glaring by 

 its being white-washed- called forth the un- 

 controlable sense of disapprobation and disgust 

 -according with no object in its neighbour- 

 hood at variance with every other surround- 

 ing it interrupting the general keeping of the 

 whole landscape it is a gross violation of 

 taste, and an obtrusive monument of useless 

 expense. 



It was with no small portion of regret that 

 we learnt, several grants had been recently 

 made of land for the site of cottages, which 



