Arizona silver belt., 1885-05-09
BEAUTIES oF IRISH SCENERY.
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 No GIii6 fortunate enough to lnvc fine weather when at Limerick should neglect tho excursion tb Riiialoc Tho bright little town lies seventeen miles up tho shumon, and b0li mile above t the Shannon flows out Ot liough Bcrg For myself, ] had been favored with one of those sudden changes nf olinlhte which seem peculiar to this country of contrasts and sharp transitions. ] had left Coune mara in cold md downr,our In Galway the dripping wet haa be1n so warm as @ be unplcaSantly enervaing At Ennis the skies had cleared as by cachalitnent; and there and at Limerick the heavens were cl0udleSs. wliilo inc transparent at mosphere was SO dry, though hiing that the contents of my pOftlRanteau began io feel more comfortable to the touch, Moth ing could be more beautiful than the deep, Lriglu blue of the river as Lad seen 1t at Cordially under the noot .dny sun, and the thick Shudc of the trees in the orhally gardens was agreeable rather than other. wise.
 The railway drive in I,illaloe along tho Tpperary sde of. the iycr lies on Gie whole through a rich country, although here and there we have half.ruCiaimed peat bog or rusfy and swamy feds that would bc all the better for draining The people seem 10 devote themselves to breed, ing donkeys; and it was pretty sight e see the rOugh.cOaied colts frisking around their sober dams or scrambliug like oyGr- grown kids about the grass banks. Nearly halfway to killalOC We pass Castle On- nell surrounded by masses of wood shel- tgring handsome country houses from tho winds that must sweep down iu thC winter from the round green hills beyond Castle Cornell like hill8loe. is 6 famous rotl. fishing Uuarter; and here are the grGlt rapids of DoOnass, where the river throws itself over the broad bed of rocks sluping rapidly downward for nearly half q mile
 lful, beautiful as is the situation of Castle Connell, that uf kiialoe is more enchanting Turning out of the little station. where 'thc trRin runs iLt1 some thing like a cul de SRc in Inc side of mountain, Inc first ohjegt that strikes you sis tho long, lOW, EE,rOw, hog backel ! bridge. supported on thirteen irregular arches The bridge coSnCctS the counties of Tippefary and li"iCriCk; and ou the Limerick banks StanCis tEe little town, looking cndwayS on j 3 the river from terraced slope, out of kilne old fashioaod gardens with their Epped ycw hedges. To Inc lgfi is the iyy-ccI abbey chutch with iIs guaini architecture within and iss clamoroHs jackG,nys without There are trees everywhere hal sing over high garden walls below the bridge, aud Ellnuat tle only hlot oL inc landscape is pro. ternatually ugly weir, wlIile above is m extremely picturesque enc ho;hing car be prcttier than tue walk up tue narrow valley, following the naer round a gentle sweep of half 8 mile or 70 toward the pass between the hills whege 1t winds out uf Lough Derg.
 Tie heights lc tle right are clothed with woods, t.li the woo3S give place to the green pastures which St ale away iu their turn into round ritigys of brown mOOriaud A narrow strip of bright mead, owland borders the water, aud herd 0f red Durhams are standing bclly-tleep in q side channel. switching tue troublesome flies with their tails. ,chind the break, water of sCdge grown island strolling back lly path that leais up toward tie town over tho crest of grassy emiuenee. when VIC turn VIC g,5 glimpse of tue lowCr end of the i.Uug which Is no les than twenty-twoMites iR length, averaging in breadth from tiro to 1arpe miles The glaSsy sheet of water i. shut in upon al sides by ETcCn spurs of inc Limerick and TippeyRry mountains, tften, sEiTtea l,Y blRck belts of timber sAltogether, with the boat in the currest beacnth, from which m angler is w,cl0sng a formidable rod, it is as graceful c sC 2ne savage. pas tOral. and pisca,orisl--as any aspirant To tue academy need care tu pailt,