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 . in the general direction of the mountain ranges, and are hardly ever foundin elevated positions. The Blackwater, in its course for the greater part of theway from Millstreet to Fermoy, runs at the south side of the limestone. Be-tween Castlemore and Cork City, some eleven miles, the line of the limestone isdistinctly marked, first by the Bride, and after its junctio
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 . in the general direction of the mountain ranges, and are hardly ever foundin elevated positions. The Blackwater, in its course for the greater part of theway from Millstreet to Fermoy, runs at the south side of the limestone. Be-tween Castlemore and Cork City, some eleven miles, the line of the limestone isdistinctly marked, first by the Bride, and after its junction with the Lee, by the CORK. 407 latter river. During this space the limestone adheres to one side of the channelthroughout its windings without once crossing it. The most extensive tracts oflow grounds are those in which limestone is found. The largest lies north of theBlackwater, to the Ballyhoura Mountains, and is almost twenty miles long, andvaries in breadth from five to nine miles. This beautiful and rich extent, thoughcomparatively speaking a flat country, is agreeably diversified with gentleswellings, and contains but little dead level land. Throughout the greater part of the county this undulating character of sur-. Crosshaven. face is preserved. Even the mountains are little more singular in their outlinesthan the lower grounds, and a striking similitude exists between both in theirrespective vicinities. The Blackwater and Ballyhoura Mountains, enclosing thedistrict alluded to, exhibit along the line of their summits a gently varyingprofile, while the rocky mountains of the south-west correspond, in their moreabrupt and striking and bold conformations, with the ruggedness of the neigh-boring lands. Cork is abundant in fresh waters as in an extensive coast. It has fine rivers,springs and rivulets without number, and many lakes, chiefly in the mountains. 4o8 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. Few rivers afford such a variety of rich and beautiful scenery as the Blackwater,which, risi
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