VI PREFACE. 



licence of caves and cliffs ; the mountains 

 of Kerry, and that surprizing harbour the 

 Butlers of Buchan,* may well be opposed 

 to the rocks of Blackulla, or the caverns 

 of Skiula. Sweden can no where pro- 

 duce a parallel to that happy combination 

 of grandeur and beauty in Keswick vale,-j- 

 or KillarnyX lake ; nor can Europe shew a 

 natural wonder equal to the Giant* s Cause- 

 way in the north of Ireland. 



The excellence and number of our 

 springs (whether medicinal or incrusting) 

 are well known to common inquirers. 



Our minerals are as great in quantity, 

 as rich in quality : of gold, indeed, we 

 cannot produce many specimens, yet suf- 

 ficient to shew that it is found in this 

 island ;§ but silver is found in great abund- 



* Between Aberdeen and Peterhead. 



+ In Cumberland. 



X In the county of Kerry. 



§ That our country produces gold, appears in Dr. Bor- 

 /ase's History of Cornwall, p. 214. So late as the year 

 1753, several pieces were found in what the miners call 

 stream tin ; one specimen was as thick as a goose quill ; 

 others weighed to the value of seventeen shillings, twen- 



