Stories of persons and places in Europe . house, for it would make him,he said, an excellent bath. His terri-fied vassals tried to persuade him not to commit such a fearful sacrilege,but he only laughed at their fears and insisted upon its being brought atonce. Never fear, he said the cool night air will do the water goodand in the morning you will find it fresher than ever. Trembling with apprehensions, the servants took the cover from the Ireland 141 mouth, of the well and carried it to the room of the audacious prince. Asthey did so they imagined that they heard awful sounds coming from it,
Stories of persons and places in Europe . house, for it would make him,he said, an excellent bath. His terri-fied vassals tried to persuade him not to commit such a fearful sacrilege,but he only laughed at their fears and insisted upon its being brought atonce. Never fear, he said the cool night air will do the water goodand in the morning you will find it fresher than ever. Trembling with apprehensions, the servants took the cover from the Ireland 141 mouth, of the well and carried it to the room of the audacious prince. Asthey did so they imagined that they heard awful sounds coming from it,threatening them with vengeance. Fearful and anxious, they retired forthe night, but one more alarmed than the others fled to the mountains. In themorning he looked down into the valley where lie had left hisprince and companions and instead of the magnificent city, there was agreat lake of water. So much credit is given to this legend that some of the fishermen arestill confident that they can see palaces and towers glimmering from the. ON THE LEE, CORK. bottom of the lake when the water is clear. They also declare that when astorm is approaching ODonoghues giant figure maybe seen riding overthe waves on a snorting white horse. The beautiful scenery about Killarney is sadly marred by sights ofhuman wretchedness. Among the few fine mansions of the nobility, arehosts of wretched hovels. Within the well-kept grounds of the aristocraticenclosures, all is greenness and fertility, without all is want and landlords family lives in luxury ; the tenants go hungry and in all of his earnings are taken for rent; and even if he could save alittle he cannot buy a foot of land. No matter how frugal and industrious 142 Persons and Places in Europe. he is he can do little to improve his condition. It would be some consola-tion if the landlord had the better right to the soil; bnt when the tenantremembers that his ancestors were driven out to make room for those of hislor
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