On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . n-sides with them, as well as the valleyround his buildings. In addition to thecastle, he erected fine stables, a privatechapel, sheltered gardens, and conserva-tories, and preserved the salmon and troutin the lake and river. The moist heatfrom the Gulf Stream was his main ally,and nowhere else in the world can morebursting vigor and splendid growth beseen than are exhibited by his trees, shrubs,and flowers; to see them is a veritabletreat to those who are interested in suchthings. In the gardens nourish groupsof tropical plants, palms,
On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . n-sides with them, as well as the valleyround his buildings. In addition to thecastle, he erected fine stables, a privatechapel, sheltered gardens, and conserva-tories, and preserved the salmon and troutin the lake and river. The moist heatfrom the Gulf Stream was his main ally,and nowhere else in the world can morebursting vigor and splendid growth beseen than are exhibited by his trees, shrubs,and flowers; to see them is a veritabletreat to those who are interested in suchthings. In the gardens nourish groupsof tropical plants, palms, and rare fernsthe year round; they need no protectionin this mild climate. His roads havedouble fuchsia hedges twelve feet high,which, anywhere else than in Connemara,would be worth a fortune. They werein full bloom when we saw them. is now a very old man and livesin London; and the sad part of it all isthat he cannot enjoy the glories of hisfamous property, and it is for sale. Sictransit gloria mundi! After visiting the castle, church, gar-76. LEENANE TO RECESS dens, and conservatories, we drove throughthe extensive, finely wooded demesne,passing vast banks of rhododendronsand hydrangeas in rare bloom, till wereached the county road and caught ourfirst glimpse of the Twelve Pins, or Bens,as they are sometimes called. They werea disappointment; we had heard too muchabout them. The Twelve Pins is a groupof high mountains having but little ver-dure; the highest, Benbaun, is two thou-sand four hundred feet above remarkable feature about them is thatthey are practically one long mountain withtwelve peaks rising from it at regular in-tervals. Excepting this startling effect, theydo not compare with Muckish, Dooish, orErrigal, the peerless cone of Donegal. The bay mare carried us in gallant stylepast the long, romantic - looking LoughInagh down to Recess, where we put upat the best hotel we had found since westarted. ACHILL ISLAND I AM writing this from memory
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