The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-16
THE IRISH END OF THE LINE.


THE IRISH END OF THE LINE.
rBE IRISH coAsT-7aE MOUNTAINS AsD LAKES OF
TsKLAsD-yALBsTA HAaBok-THE KINGDOM or
khRRr, ETC.
CINCINNATI, August 8, 1853
Allow mo 10 enlarge little your necessarily shcri
sketch OF Kerry and the Kerry coast which appeared
the second time IN your OF Friday lszi. name
cake OF yours-hs london Daily Herald--by no means
rem arkseio for praise vcracisy whss Z" the sister
ssnd under ts consideration, for Told the truth
when sad leader, -four FIVE ysars ago. that
Irelapd with ai ito attractions lis unrivAed scenery
ioturesque manners, and ancient Associations has been
hitherto visited by British travellers than tho
distant wlds OF Europe" This well sUt over
AND over ss<erted by all writer's Of travel Who have
visl,ed Ireland; AM ~ you Americas mainly TO-
det,es 10 British travellers and Brlsr writer's for your
knowledge Of We island, with ,hs anryxIed sooncryr
and "pic,uIesquo Manners native, atcly from
thai beautiful land, which n just the object OF
much interest by OF hs wonderful acbeyomep,
Of scieros nd art, also by OF the direct
conpeciiop between Galway and your northern ports
rosy bope Interest your saers with short sketch
that Inland geosfsy but particularly Of It, great coast
anu the kiLg6om OF Kerry
you have BY you copy Of Tho Town Land survey Of
Ireland which ccpriss entirely Of maps without any
ictior press ard which ia allowed be ieve TO be me
mot elaborate survey over made OF any naton viii
show at glance TIE respective elevations Of the Irish
y
iocccd from KpsAe. all round b. valousa Hsrbor, the
wbcle westsrn and theru far lame,
a.a ss :, Sa
land In this respect an not aware thU s exceeded
by any sospcard that continent, except perhaps,
ies points Of the Norwegian coast about she Icfoden
Islanos Tho motley gcoogca coast Of Antrim,
s,ih rs alternate Aytrs cropping Out Of coal and
chalk and srssssscns d. pretty genera. sIsvsson
lar The Giants Caus way he's the highest pillars Of bs
salt yet discovered IN any part Of lhe globe wnle ind
viousy ard AZ system, tho columns OF thai wopdcrfu
freak Of nature the regular best chsoed
and tie most my serously artculated well the mcs
numerous, OF any In existence, not excepting thoee Of
ire extreme 70 the geoost and the lover Of nature Bu
The Deny shore exception The general rule. A
70 Donsta broson and elevated and aid approach
ting the sublime The average elevation at the wsiers
edge OF the whole ooas Of Dosga NJ 10 eight hundred
feet While grand projection, BY pame Sieve League
IN vertical altitude above toe level Of The Atlantic which
washes ih base. Coming up 10 the next county which
Sligo, and one Of the most scenic In the island the spa
bay CT that name admits tee ocean between two o.
he most sudden and abfup hsadands oeheld, and
like each other, though ak eight miles apart, that
vul.ion 81 nature tore them ssunser these hs a. vel
al ncnegAi. are ignoous but the Kerry uounsars, on
which yodr notice sreaks, sre believe generally clay
siaie Who're me volcanic gnlet 80 TO speak, does MOI
crop cut at the top ~ these eevMons In Ire
snd and perhaps everywhere elss higher aud iess
thcsis a. The former dragged and heavst In pro
cumbeut qualifications 70 the boring force from below
The Mrufne, Donegal, Sligo Msyo and wicklow N Jun
ians are oil gneous but the southern ones, which arr
noiicably OF that char actor, the highest In us
STAND Ionflrg al yorr mighty chain from Behring
sd 10 Cape Horn should apologize for classifying
the ZANE category A. mountains Irish hllsi on
have set me the example, oy calling the latter hug
mountains Indeed such they look; and situated q
ZONE OF the rsh hlle rising many Of them do GU
o. deep favincs on side ana looking Out over foam
ing ocean co the other they inspire higher degree
mountains Of double their altitude. THke, sor instance
Mount Brandon, In Dnsle Proout W (perhsps one Of w
two gigantic masses OF rock 10 which your noto'
| aludes, but which docs not uame)-h Me hgnes
hut orc of tho irish hs yet h entire elevation Is ha
more than TREE thoufan feet Mont Banc IN svrzer
lsno, y i've times that height and some points OF you
Andes wovd make eight Mount Bfaudcns; yet ~ n'
means follows that the 20 the Andee remote AZ incl
from the sea, INSPIRE greater sensation o. ave 'nsi
tina, which IL felt By any one who ascends the summit
the Kerry mount hanging does three theossnd zee
over an tver sritsted Tn word three fourns
the rsh crast "a what have descfIbed-rnies OF "
UPRIGHT ~ The walls OF house, end six kindred feef owe
| the water hundreds OF places eight hundred Iee'
| very many ten hundred; while few IN kevry
| Mayo and Donegal 60 up from hftsen hunarea
| over three thousand feet right the vascr
edge There N field for your practical gecsrspners
your tourists and Jour lovers Of nature while, neresf
fore, they were hurried IN hundreds 70 English ports 20
their pceifive misfortune; but thsA there are w
direct sesm lines between The Irish and American IA
bors they will shorten their voyage n tho same time sn'
they On the direct line 70 any part Of Europe ~ faku
the Galway steamer rom New York aid QueSec; nr
thua yhether on busnexs pconure takinS On th6