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when the waves of the sea are dashed and spHt up against the 

 difF. No place known to me are the waves so smashed up into 

 what I may term waterdust as along the coast of Achill and 

 Clare. Here the greatest production of ozone in Europe is 

 constantly in operation. We have a nature's own factory for 

 the production of the most life-sustaining and health-giving 

 air in the world. No such invigorating supply is produced on 

 any part of the coast of the Riviera, where people flock for 

 health, whilst the temperature along this western county is 

 very equal and mild all the winter through. The breezes from 

 the gulf stream so temper the air that fuchsias grow into great 

 trees and bloom in mid -winter. I have seen at Kilkee the 

 Atlantic stirred up by a western gale, particles of white foam 

 flying high up in the air and carried inland for a great distance 

 out of sight. We will show views of Kilkee in fine weather, 

 and also the wave effects during a gale ; but no views can do 

 justice to the grandeur and sublimity of the scene during a stiff 

 gale from the west. We think that the health-giving and in- 

 vigorating properties of the air at Kilkee are not sufficiently 

 known to the public or the medical profession. The out-door 

 life now recommended in case of lung disease where the air is 

 pure should be tried in some of the sheltered valleys of the west 

 coast ; there the force of the wind would not be felt, but where 

 its purity would remain unimpaired. 



COUNTY SLIGO. 



Our tour naturally divides itself into three parts — Sligo, 

 Connemara, and Clare. If we start from the north-west at 

 Sligo, we find it has a class of scenery peculiarly its own. It 

 differs entirely from Connemara and Clare. It has fine moun- 

 tain ranges, beautiful lakes, with well wooded islands, and 

 picturesque fishful rivers. Its fields are green and fertile, its 

 valleys and hill slopes are well wooded, giving a richness and 

 warmth to the scenery not found elsewhere in the west. The 

 farm houses are comfortable, clean, and well kept, so that no 

 one would imagine this to be in the poor Ireland so often 



