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THE BUITISU ISLES. 



valley of tlie Feale, is the county town. Near it is An/firt, anciently the seat of 

 a bishop. Tralcc, the largest town of the county, is prettily situated on the 

 river Lee, and connected by a ship canal with its port at Blennerville. Dingle, 

 on the bay of the same name, formerly carried on an extensive traffic with Spain, 

 but is now limited to an insignificant coasting trade. At the mouth of this bay 

 lies Valent ia Island, which shuts in an excellent harbour, on wliich is seated 

 Caherciircn, a fishing village. Valentia Island, the " capital " of which is 

 Enightstown, the residence of the self-styled "Knight of Kerry," has slate 

 quarries, but is principally known as the point of departure of the first Atlantic 



Fie:. 212. — Lakes of Killahxey : Ross Castle. 



cable. It forms, too, the western extremity of the arc of a circle of latitude 

 which has been measured across Europe. Its fame, however, is far inferior to 

 that of Killarncy, a mere tourists' village, seated near the bank of its beautiful 

 lake. Krnmare, at the head of the bay called Kenmare Hiver, has a copper mine 

 in its vicinity. 



The county of Cork borders upon the Atlantic between Kenmare River and 

 Youghal Bay, and is traversed lengthwise by a succession of parallel hill ranges, 

 separated by the valleys of the Brandon, Lee, and Blackwater. 



Alliliies, on Kenmare River, is remarkable only on account of its cojpper mine. 



