. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ntories, islands, and the open Atlantic, whilst on the other the view embracesverdant valleys, foaming torrents, and mountain-tops, streaked black with peat,or dved white, yellow, or green by mosses. The contrasts of light and shadepresented by the mountains enclosing Dingle Bay, Kenmare River, or BantryBav are rendered all the more striking through the varied tints of the landscapes in Ireland can compare with the valley of Glengariff, on theshore of Bantry Bay, for magnificence of contours, wealth of vegetation, or thewild grace exhibited in eve
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ntories, islands, and the open Atlantic, whilst on the other the view embracesverdant valleys, foaming torrents, and mountain-tops, streaked black with peat,or dved white, yellow, or green by mosses. The contrasts of light and shadepresented by the mountains enclosing Dingle Bay, Kenmare River, or BantryBav are rendered all the more striking through the varied tints of the landscapes in Ireland can compare with the valley of Glengariff, on theshore of Bantry Bay, for magnificence of contours, wealth of vegetation, or thewild grace exhibited in every feature of the ground.* The mountains of Kerry culminate in Carrantuohill (3,414 feet), in theMacgillicuddy Reeks. In the east they sink down into highlands, upon whichrise at intervals a few hills. The river Blackwater runs along the northernfoot of these hills until it abruptly turns to the south, and finds its way througha breach into Youghal Harbour. The hills which rise to the north of the Fip;. 192.—The Wigklow 1 _:iti,^k*5i^ Blackwater are of considerable elevation, and really mountainous in include the Knockraealdown (2,609 feet) and Comeragh Mountains (2,476feet). Farther north, and almost insulated, rises the pyramidal mass of the Galty-more (3,015 feet), with small black lakes almost choked with sedge in its various groups of hills on both banks of the Middle Shannon are likewiseranged along axes running from west to east, and this parallelism in the arrange-ment of the mountains of South-western Ireland must evidently be traced to a generalcause acting over a wide area. Slieve Bernagh (1,746 feet) and Slieve Aughtyrise to the west of the Shannon ; the Silvermine Mountains, culminating in KeeperHill (2,278 feet), Slieve Felim, and the Devils-bit Mountain (1,586 feet) rise to theeast; whilst Slieve Bloom (1,733 feet) occupies the most central position of theIrish hills. The mountains of Wicklow do not, like those of Munste
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