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able access to every part of it. Nature has 

 done too much to leave any thing for human 

 ability to add in point of decoration, unless it 

 be in those few spots which possess no decisive 

 character. 



From the lakes which form a part of Lough 

 Erne, the banks rise very boldly, and are 

 clothed with magnificent oak and beech ; the 

 latter are particularly large, several of the trees 

 containing upwards of a hundred feet of timber. 

 Over the whole of the luxuriant pastures is 

 dispersed a profusion of white thorns, standing 

 singly, and of great size. 



It is difficult to decide to which of the 

 characters of this delightful place a just pre- 

 ference is due j whether to the lake scenery, 

 diversified by the boldness of its banks, and 

 the beautiful indentation of its shores; or to 

 the combination and variety of outline, from 

 the gentle swell in the fore ground to a termi- 

 nation in the lofty chain of distant Alpine 

 mountains. I was so charmed with both, that 

 I could scarce determine which most to admire. 

 In the grounds above the house, there is a 

 fascinating prospect of the hills and mountain 

 boundary to the eastward, which is particularly 

 v.-orthy of notice j the effect of this view is like 



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