. Stories and legends of travel and history, for children . HE morning of our leavingCork was dark and rainy ; butit gradually cleared up, andby the time we reached Bantry,the first place of much note on our route, allwas bright and smiling, overhead and alongour way. Bantry Bay is very beautiful, and is histori- 206 A VISIT TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNBY. cally remarkable as the place where the Frenchhave twice attempted a landing, for the purposeof invading and revolutionizing Ireland. Late in the afternoon, we arrived at Glen-garifF—one of the wildest and yet loveliest spotsin all that picturesq
. Stories and legends of travel and history, for children . HE morning of our leavingCork was dark and rainy ; butit gradually cleared up, andby the time we reached Bantry,the first place of much note on our route, allwas bright and smiling, overhead and alongour way. Bantry Bay is very beautiful, and is histori- 206 A VISIT TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNBY. cally remarkable as the place where the Frenchhave twice attempted a landing, for the purposeof invading and revolutionizing Ireland. Late in the afternoon, we arrived at Glen-garifF—one of the wildest and yet loveliest spotsin all that picturesque country. How I wish Icould give you such an idea of it as I havein my own mind—a great, magnificent picture,painted on my memory—in some parts sunnyand green, and flowery; in others, dark andrugged, and grand. I shall always particularlyremember a long row we had on the bay, in thetwilight, and how the scenery of the moun-tainous shore and the rocky islands, and theswelling, booming waves, grew stern, solemn,and even awful, in the fast-falling sh
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