On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . oard the French frigate Hoche, in was a talented young Irishman, andpleaded the Irish cause so eloquently inParis that a fleet of forty-three ships, withfifteen thousand men, was sent to Irelandin 1796, Hoche commanding. A tremen-dous storm scattered the fleet on the Irishcoast, and the ships returned to Francein broken order. Nothing daunted, Toneagain persuaded the French to give him atrial with a new fleet. They gave it, butthis expedition was even more unfortunatethan the first one, and the end of Tonestragic career dated f
On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . oard the French frigate Hoche, in was a talented young Irishman, andpleaded the Irish cause so eloquently inParis that a fleet of forty-three ships, withfifteen thousand men, was sent to Irelandin 1796, Hoche commanding. A tremen-dous storm scattered the fleet on the Irishcoast, and the ships returned to Francein broken order. Nothing daunted, Toneagain persuaded the French to give him atrial with a new fleet. They gave it, butthis expedition was even more unfortunatethan the first one, and the end of Tonestragic career dated from his arrest on theshores of Lough Swilly. A few miles above, Lough Swilly dividesinto two forks, one running up to Letter-kenny and the other to Ramelton, a littletown located at the point where the riverLennon meets the tidal salt water. Thisinteresting place is celebrated for the fineviews it affords and for its salmon andtrout fishing. I was exceedingly anxiousto visit it, but time would not permit theshortest deviation from our rigid itinera^,12. LONDONDERRY TO PORT SALON as we had purchased a state-room on theEtruria, sailing from Queenstown onJuly 28th. It was at Rathmullen that we hired ourfirst jaunting-car; and it might here besaid that of all the vehicles ever inventedthe modern Irish jaunting-car holds firstplace for the use of the traveller; it is uniqueand there is nothing that can take its placefor an easy and comfortable lounging ride,when balanced by two passengers and adriver. It is now improved with a circularback and rubber tires, while the very latesthas a drivers seat behind, like a hansomcab. We can speak truthfully of the jaunt-ing-car, after having tested its qualitiesfor three hundred and fifty miles on thistrip; but would add that care is requisitein arranging for and selecting a car, asmany of them are old and worn out. PORT SALON TO DUNFANAGHY LEAVING Rathmullen, John, our driver,took us a short cut over the Glenalla Moun-tains to Port Salon, thro
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