. Sketches of a life of 75 in three parts : biographical, historical, and descriptive. sists of two parts—the convent and the church. The church is about onehundred feet in length, and consists of a nave and atransept. In the center where the transept intersects,there rises a strong square tower. On the oppositeside is a doorway, which leads to the cloisters, whichare the chief beauty of the place, and are in the formof a piazza surrounding a dark courtyard, over thecenter of which a solemn and magnificent yew tree,thirteen feet in circumference, spreads its greatbranches. Muckross means in Ir
. Sketches of a life of 75 in three parts : biographical, historical, and descriptive. sists of two parts—the convent and the church. The church is about onehundred feet in length, and consists of a nave and atransept. In the center where the transept intersects,there rises a strong square tower. On the oppositeside is a doorway, which leads to the cloisters, whichare the chief beauty of the place, and are in the formof a piazza surrounding a dark courtyard, over thecenter of which a solemn and magnificent yew tree,thirteen feet in circumference, spreads its greatbranches. Muckross means in Irish, the pleasantplace of wild swine. This Demesne is considered by some to be thefinest in respect to scenery, of any in the else, says one writer, is there such anassemblage of magnificent features, noble mountains,glittering lakes, stately trees, verdant shrubberies,lovely meadows, venerable ruins, beautiful flowers,countless birds. There are many islands in the Lakes of rowed us to several of these. I can mentiononlv brieflv these Lakes of Killarney. Ireland 199 One of the most beautiful is Dinnis Island. It hasan area of thirty-four acres, is well wooded, and seemsto be semi-tropical, for there we saw tropical plantsand trees growing unprotected. There were mag-nolias in full bloom; high hedge rows of rhododen-drons, and fuschias like little trees. Another visit was to the Innisfallen Island. Thishas been called the gem of Killarney. Here are hilland dell; sunny glades, skirted by beautiful under-wood, bowers and thickets, rocks and old ruins, every-thing that nature can supply to adorn this counter-part of the garden of Eden. It comprises abouttwenty-one acres. The poetry of Moore has thrown acharm over its beauty— Sweet Innisfallen, long shall dwellIn memorys dream that sunny smile Which oer thee on that evening fell,When first I saw thy fairy Isle. Innisfallen Abbey, once a place of great extentjudging from the ruins, w
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