Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . he latter an incalculable scenic advantage overthe St. Lawrence. By the shores of the bay, the islands are indistinguishablefrom the mainland. Leaving the shore, at every thirty or forty feet the watersof the bay are discovered gleaming around and marking the individuality, so tospeak, of island after island. A zest is given to the delighted curiosity, and thetouris
Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . he latter an incalculable scenic advantage overthe St. Lawrence. By the shores of the bay, the islands are indistinguishablefrom the mainland. Leaving the shore, at every thirty or forty feet the watersof the bay are discovered gleaming around and marking the individuality, so tospeak, of island after island. A zest is given to the delighted curiosity, and thetourist girds up his loins to face the great mountain side, eager to obtain morescope of vision. Excelsior! The achievement will repay the toil. The shoulderof the mountain, about half way up, is of easy ascent, and may not deter lovers ofthe beautiful and grand among the gentler sex. To grapple with the Reek ismore difficult and toilsome, hands, as well as feet, being called into use in winningthe upward path. Although on every side the Reek has the appearance of termi-nating in a pinnacle that would hardly afford the climber foothold, yet, on attain-ing the top, we find a flat of about half an acre. From the summit of the Reek,. 396 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. or even from its shoulder, the view is extraordinary—the magnificent culmination of the developing surprises whicli lead to it. The Reek itself is of abiding interest, irrespective of the grand panorama displayed below and around it. Here St. Patrick sought solitude and prayed. Here he sounded his bell, and from the solemn altitude he blessed the land; and from it, too, as the legends haveit, he hurled the venomous ser-pents and reptiles down the deepabyss of Lug-na-Naimh.* The little romantic town ofNewport-Mayo, lies at the headof Clew Bay, nine miles north ofWestport. From it a grand ex-cursion along the northern shoreof the bay to Achill can be-^ *^ made, passing under the Maum Burrishoole Abbey. Thomas mountains, which attain
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