ninny, that, with steam up and flags flying, awaited their arrival, 

 and quickly moved off for a pleasant trip round the Upper Lake, 

 with W. F. Wakeman, Esq., on board, ready to point out the most 

 interesting spots, and instruct the party with his inexhaustible fund 

 of local, legendary, and historic lore. After making a circuit round 

 the town, darting through the central arch of the west bridge, and 

 passing the old castle of the Maguires, the Knockninny was soon 

 full way on her tortuous course, by reedy banks, overhanging trees, 

 shallow rapids-, wide-spreading reaches, and numberless islands ; 

 now starting the wild fowl from their quiet retreats, and then glid- 

 ing by picturesque groups of fishing cots, or some gay crafts of the 

 adjoining residents, while ever and anon the scenery changed, as 

 the steamer shot through some narrow passage, rounded a wooded 

 point, or steamed out into a wider reach. The thickly-planted de- 

 mesne of some resident landlord, the hoary ruins of ancient 

 abbeys, or the ivy-covered towers of dismantled castles, are passed 

 on either side, while here and there cheerful homesteads and plea- 

 sant mansions peep through the surrounding foliage, and cultivated 

 fields stretch from the margin of the lake to the distant hamlet, 

 marked by the pointed spire of the parish church. Probably the 

 most beautiful portion of the lake is that part where the picturesque 

 residences of the Hon. Cavendish Butler, Captain D'Arcy, and Mr. 

 Tipping, skirt the lake. The wooded grounds rise quickly from the 

 irregular margin of the lake ; its broken outline and just propor- 

 tion of wood and water renders the scenery particularly attractive. 

 Soon after the scene is entirely changed, and the splendid demesne 

 of the Earl of Erne comes in view, rendered all the more interest- 

 ing by the ruins of the ancient Castle of Crom, the successful de- 

 fence of which was of such great importance during the wars of the 

 Revolution. The party landed here, and were courteously shown 

 over the pleasure grounds and castle of the Earl of Erne. Several 

 of the members were delighted with the conservatory and nursery, 

 in each of which there was a good display of plants in first-class 

 condition. 



Visiting the ruins of the old Castle of Crom, the party talked 

 over the events of 1688, when Colonel Crichton successfully de- 



