. The earth and its inhabitants .. . of a foaming riverrushing onward through a congregation of huge rocks. The eye grows giddyas it follows the hurrying eddies. But, at the foot of the fall, all is peace. Thedeep and silent water, reflecting the trees that grow upon the banks, lies dormant ;the current is hardly perceptible ; and the river resembles a lake shut in by ivy-clad walls. Below Limerick the Shannon enters its broad and winding estuary—one of IRELAND. 393 those numerous indentations which vary the contour of Irelands Atlantic western seaboard of Ireland, like that of Scotl
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . of a foaming riverrushing onward through a congregation of huge rocks. The eye grows giddyas it follows the hurrying eddies. But, at the foot of the fall, all is peace. Thedeep and silent water, reflecting the trees that grow upon the banks, lies dormant ;the current is hardly perceptible ; and the river resembles a lake shut in by ivy-clad walls. Below Limerick the Shannon enters its broad and winding estuary—one of IRELAND. 393 those numerous indentations which vary the contour of Irelands Atlantic western seaboard of Ireland, like that of Scotland, and for the same reasons, isfar more indented than that facing the east. The bays of Leinster bear no com-parison Avith the firths of Scotland. Cork Harbour, with its winding passages andislands, is the only estuary along the south coast at all presenting the features ofa Scotch loch. The north-eastern portion of the coast, which faces the Scotch Fig. 199.—The Mouth of the an Admiralty Chart. Scale 1 : 178, SaUylnnnion P. , 2 Miles. peninsulas of Galloway and Kintyre, is more varied in outline, while the Loughsof Carlingford, Strangford, Belfast, and Lame penetrate far inland; but it cannotcompare with the Atlantic coast, where, between Malin Head, in Donegal, andCape Clear, in the county of Cork, bays, creeks, and river estuaries rapidly succeedeach other. There are islands, too, and all of them, whether they occur singly orin groups, are detached fragments of the mainland. They stud the bays, formoutlying promontories, and give rise to a variety of landscape features, 394 ^ THE BEITISH ISLES. the greatest contrast to the uniform development of the east coast. On that sideof Ireland there are but two islands, Lambay Island and Irelands Eye, nearDublin Bay, besides the banks which mark the former extent of the coast, andterminate with the Tuskar Rock in the south. The reasons for this contrast must be looked for in glacial action ; for
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