76 Beautiful Scenery near Carlow. 



the Roman empire, it was renewed and brought 

 again by those northern nations, when, breaking 

 out of their cold caves and frozen habitations 

 into the sweet soyle of Europe, they brought 

 with them their usual weedes for to shield the 

 cold of that country at first, in which they had 

 at home been inured, the which they left not 

 off, by reason they were in perpetual warres ; 

 coming lastly into Ireland, they found the more 

 special use thereof, by reason of the cold snowe 

 climate, from whence it is now grown into 

 general use in which that people now have it ; 

 after whom the Guals succeeding, yet finding 

 the like necessity of that garment, continued the 

 like use thereof." 



From Leighlin bridge to Carlow is six miles : 

 beautiful as the vale of Dungarvon confessedly 

 is, the enchantments of this scenery far exceed 

 it. The prospect is not only more extensive, 

 but the country is richer, the objects more pic- 

 turesque, and the features more sublime. The 

 valley is about six miles broad, bounded on each 

 side by a chain of mountains finely wooded, well 

 enclosed, and cultivated to their summits. We 

 saw a number of villages and gentlemen's seats ; 

 and, what were still more pleasurable objects, 

 the cottages were white-washed, and mostly shel- 

 tered by trees, which imparted to them an air of 



