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again indulging my visual powers with a repeti- 

 tion of its fascinations. 



We had still much of the lower lake to see, 

 which, though reluctantly, compelled us to hasten 

 our departure. 



The grandeur of the mountain's shadows 

 augmented, for a moment, the melancholy 

 influence the whole had inspired. In bidding 

 adieu, as this imposing scene closed on us, I 

 can sacredly aver no time will ever efface, or 

 even diminish, my profound admiration of its 

 sublimity. 



Glend, the before admired Glena, has cer- 

 tainly much to attract, but can enter into no 

 competition with the enchantments of the 

 upper lake ; had we failed in seeing it, we 

 could have formed no idea of the sublime cha- 

 racter of Killarney. 



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Limited as has been our survey, and tran- 

 sient as has been our view, I have no hesitation 

 in adding my testimony, as far as it may be 

 deemed of moment, by pronouncing, that fame, 

 in all she has proclaimed of Killarney, has not 

 exceeded the sober bounds of truth* 



