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count for his disappearance thus. Whilst the 

 venerable oak tenanted the sides of Glena, the 

 beams of the moon were reflected from a small 

 stream which descended into the lake, but 

 which is now completely skreened by brush- 

 wood. Be this as it may the ghost has va- 

 nished, and the timid no longer suffer alarm. 



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Mucross Abbey has the reputation of being 

 a fine Gothic ruin, and the grounds about it 

 very beautiful. This, as well as a visit to the 

 Devil's Punch-bowl, and to the grand Alpine 

 chain that forms the southern boundary of the 

 island, with other objects of great curiosity in 

 Ireland, must on the present occasion be re- 

 linquished. We landed at Ross Castle, and 

 regained Killarney soon after it was dark. 



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A detail of all the beauties of this interesting 

 spot would fill a volume. Had my powers of 

 description been equal to my admiration of the 

 beautiful and sublime features of nature, which 

 my eye has this day surveyed, you would not 

 have hesitated to concur with me, that Kil- 

 larney has no equal. I feel a pleasure at part- 

 ing, by indulging a hope I may at no distant 

 period pay this delighful spot a second visit 

 at present so many objects are in view so 

 many concerns obtrude, that I am not in a fit 



