On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . side no promise of the magnificence that it presents from the sea, beingin fact, a mural precipice of one thousandnine hundred and seventy-two feet inheight, descending to the waters edge inone superb escarpment, ... aroundWhose caverned base the whirlpools and the waves,Bursting and eddying irresistibly,Rage and resound forever. And not only in its height is it so sublime,but in the glorious colors which are groupedin masses on its face. Stains of metals—green, amber, gold, yellow, white, red—and every variety of shade are observable,pa
On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . side no promise of the magnificence that it presents from the sea, beingin fact, a mural precipice of one thousandnine hundred and seventy-two feet inheight, descending to the waters edge inone superb escarpment, ... aroundWhose caverned base the whirlpools and the waves,Bursting and eddying irresistibly,Rage and resound forever. And not only in its height is it so sublime,but in the glorious colors which are groupedin masses on its face. Stains of metals—green, amber, gold, yellow, white, red—and every variety of shade are observable,particularly when seen under a bright sun,contrasting in a wonderful manner withthe dark-blue waters beneath. In cloudyor stormy weather this peculiarity is to acertain degree lost, though other effectstake its place and render it even moremagnificent. This range of sea-cliff ex-tends with little variation all the way toMalin, though at nothing like the samealtitude. Having feasted our eyes on the beautiesof the precipices, we then ascended, skirt-50. CARRICK TO DONEGAL ing the cliffs the whole way. Near thesummit the escarpment cuts off the landslope so suddenly as to leave only a sharpedge with a fearful precipice of above fif-teen hundred feet on the side towards thesea, and a steep slope on the landwardside. This ledge is termed the One MansPath/ and is looked on by the inhab-itants of the neighborhood in the samelight as the Striding Edge of Helvellyn,or the Bwlch - y - Maen of is a narrow track or ledge on theland slope a little below this edge, face-tiously called The Old Mans Path bythe guides. At the very summit are theremains of the ancient oratory of St. HughMcBreacon. The view is wonderfully fine;southward is the whole coast of Sligo andMayo, from Benbulbin to the Stags ofBroadhaven; while farther in the dis-tance are faintly seen Nephin, near Ballina,and Croagh Patrick Mountain at is a perfect sea of Donegalmountains, reaching as
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