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and where its loss is consequently the greatest. 

 The waste, however, is fast recruiting, and the 

 injury is daily less perceptible, by the rapid 

 growth of the wood. 



The sun arose this morning in all its splen- 

 dor ; I beheld its first beams irradiate the brow 

 ofGlena. 



The smile it provoked, like that assumed by 

 hopeless desperation, exposed the melancholy 

 it sought to conceal. Not all the sun's re- 

 splendent rays could enliven the indelible 

 character of pensive gloominess attached to this 

 enchanting spot, the magnificence of whose 

 features were deeply imprinted on my mind; 

 and had not a cherished hope of revisiting Kil- 

 larney ere long, with greater leisure and more 

 capacity of thought for enjoying its sublime 

 beauties, supported my spirits, I could not with 

 any comfort have been reconciled to our im- 

 mediate departure^oa late i v^/i) ,: 



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M'Gilly Cuddy's Reeks, and Mangerton, 

 seemed to rise in height in proportion as our 

 distance from them became increased. The 

 altitude of Mount Blanc surprised me more 

 from the summit of Montanvert than from the 

 valley of Chamouni. 



