194 Description of Farnham. 



that of fore-shortening on canvas, the most diffi- 

 cult part in painting, which, when well ex- 

 ecuted, never fails to ensure due admiration. 

 The gradation of interest is, from this point, so 

 happily preserved, and the beauty and grandeur 

 so admirably blended, as mutually to assist each 

 other without a predominance in either, that, 

 I think, I should select this spot as being the 



most singular and picturesque. 







Where there is so much to commend, one 

 receives perhaps a sort of pleasure in discerning 

 some petty fault which may give proof of sin- 

 cerity, and that praise so justly elicited is 

 not dictated by flattery. There are a few 

 formal clumps covering the summits of some 

 of the most beautiful hills, which disfigure and 

 destroy the effect of their terminations ; these 

 I could not help wishing to see either partially 

 broken, or wholly removed. 



Great as are the attractions of nature at Farn- 

 ham, they do not constitute the whole of what 

 is here entitled to admiration. At the distance 

 of three miles is the head waters of Lough 

 Erne. Here Lord Farnham has a most delight- 

 ful retreat, consisting of two romantic islands ; 

 the largest containing upwards of two hundred 

 acres, the other about half that number. The 



