102 View of Dublin, Phoenix Park, fyc. 



suffered, and not felt by those who could so 

 easily correct them ; especially when it is con- 

 sidered that no people on earth have a more 

 lively sense of the misery of others, when their 

 humanity is properly directed. 



After passing three miles beyond John's 

 Town, the whole way to Dublin is on a noble 

 terrace ; commanding a most extensive view of 

 the county of Dublin to the right, bounded by 

 the Wicklow mountains. The extensive build- 

 ings in Dublin, and the Phrcnix Park, which is 

 well wooded, present a prospect enriched by 

 variety and beauty; yet our immediate ap- 

 proach to the metropolis was not announced 

 either by a display of opulence in the erection 

 of numerous villas, or a better appearance in 

 the cabins. The lot of the lower classes in its 

 neighbourhood does not appear by any means 

 to be improved the expense of fuel curtailing 

 them of one of their most important neces- 

 saries. 



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The suburbs present a motley mixture of 

 riches and poverty the handsomest villas in 

 the midst of the poorest dwellings ; and, what 

 is most singular, opulence must have here 

 sought for situations among dirt and wretched- 

 ness. The first and most striking objects on 



