Bay surpassing E.rpeefatiofi. Ill 



The city of Dublin occupies the entire ex- 

 tremity, or bottom of the bay. So numerous 

 and varied are the natural productions and 

 works of art, which are assembled in this small 

 compass, that the attention becomes distracted* 

 There is in this view one very agreeable pe- 

 culiarity every feature of the landscape is dis- 

 tinctly seen one character pervades the whole, 

 and no space is left for fancy to fill up all is 

 complete and beautiful busy and alive! while 

 the general bustle of commercial business pro- 

 nounces it not less the residence of opulence 

 than the happy seat where industry and pro- 

 ductive labor love to dwell. 



Prepared as I was from every account I had 

 received of this celebrated spot, it has not only 

 answered, but exceeded my expectations. I 

 could have passed the whole day in contemplat- 

 ing the different parts of this glorious landscape, 

 where every object successfully combines to 

 promote a general harmony, and produce one 

 grand exquisite effect. 



I had been so fascinated with the various 

 views of the bay, that I had lost the count of 

 time, and did not arrive at the bank until after 

 the time of its closing. Through the obliging 

 attention of a namesake, Mr. Henry Curwen, 



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