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fixed, and the tourist should insist always on an adherence to its provisions.

The following excursion comprises all that tourists generally will care to visit, and the whole may be accomplished in a single busy day; but visitors who can do so, should by all means take a second day for the visit to Mangarton, Muckross, and Torc Cascade.

Leaving Killarney, we pass, on the right, the workhouse and the lunatic asylum, and, on the left, the Roman Catholic cathedral, an elaborate Gothic building. On an eminence (2 miles) are the ruins of Aghadoe, an interesting group, comprising a castle, the origin of which is unknown, and of which there remains only the fragment of the tower, about 30 ft. in height, and the church, which is an oblong structure, comprising two chapels, one erected in 1158, the other being of more recent date. We next pass Aghadoe House, the seat of Lady Headley, and reach Dunloe Castle and the Cave of Dunloe (5 miles). The Cave, situated in a field near our route, was discovered in 1838; the stones which form its roof contain words written in the Ogham character, supposed to have been used by the Druids. Hall, in his "Hibernia Illustrata," says, "This cave must be regarded as an ancient Irish library, lately disinterred and restored to light. The books are the large impost stones which form the roof; their angles contain the writing. A library of such literature was never heard of in England before, and scarcely in Ireland, and yet it is of the highest antiquity." 34 miles farther, and 8 miles from Killarney, is the Gap of Dunloe. Near the entrance stands the cottage said to have been inhabited by the beau

tiful Kate Kearney, and in which her reputed granddaughter now resides.

The GAP OF DUNLOE is a wild, narrow pass, about four miles in length, between the hills known as Macgillicuddy's Reeks and the Purple Mountain. The little river Loe runs through its whole length, expanding in its course into five lakes. The height of the rocks on either side forms a striking contrast with the narrow road and the little streamlet which runs below. At about 9 miles from Killarney, and soon after passing Cosaun Lough-the lowest of the little lakes referred to-the stream is crossed as it issues from the Black Lough; it is here that St. Patrick is said to have banished the last Irish snake. We keep to the left of Cushvalley Lough and Auger Lough, and reach Pike Rock (11 miles), at which point the cars are left, and the tourist proceeds on horseback or on foot to Lord Brandon's cottage (4 miles), where the boat is taken.

As we leave the Gap we see, on the right, the Black Valley, so called from the sombre aspect it presents; this dark colour is caused by the great height of the hills which bound it, and the large quantity of peaty matter dissolved in the water of its lakes or pools. The largest of these lakes is called the "Lake of the Char, or Red Trout." The valley has a tragic and imposing aspect, and is regarded by many as more striking than the Gap itself.

LORD BRANDON'S COTTAGE (15 miles), from which point one may easily ascend the Purple Mountain, from which views are obtained of the Upper and Middle Lakes, the Reeks, the Black Valley, and, farther off, of Bantry Bay, the mouth of the Shannon, and the open sea.

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tity of the arbutus plants which cover it. The Upper Lake is generally regarded as the finest of the three, on account of the variety as well as beauty of its scenery. Passing through the lake we enter a river about 2 miles in length, called the Long Range, which connects the waters of the Upper and Middle Lakes.

Passing the Eagle's Nest, a precipice 700 ft. high, on the summit of which the eagle still builds its nest, there is a remarkable echo from this and surrounding rocks.

A little way beyond we gain the "Meeting of the Waters;'

if an arrangement is made before starting, the landlord of the hotel will send lunch to await the arrival of the tourist.

Our route now lies across the Lake to one of the three passages from it to the Lower Lake. Before leaving it, the tourist will have time to admire its charming scenery, which is thought by many to surpass even that of the Upper Lake. The passage usually taken is that between Dinish and Brickeen Islands.

The Lower Lake is 5 miles long by 3 miles in width. It contains more than thirty islands, the

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part of it. Glena Bay, the part of the lake first entered, is one of its chief ornaments. On the shore is a picturesque cottage, known as "Lady Kenmare's."

About 2 miles of coasting will enable the tourist to see O'SULLIVAN'S CASCADE, a waterfall consisting of three distinct falls. "The uppermost, passing over a ridge of rock, falls about twenty feet perpendicularly into a natural basin beneath; then making its way between two hanging rocks, the torrent hastens down a second precipice into a similar receptacle, from which second depository, concealed from the view, it rolls over into the lowest chamber of the fall. Beneath a projecting rock, overhanging the lowest ba

the most beautiful of all the islands of Killarney, to which an additional charm has been added by the poetry of Thomas Moore. The poet was a visitor at Lord Kenmare's when the lines referred to were written:

"Sweet Innisfallen, fare thee well; May calm and sunshine long be thine;

How fair thou art let others tell, While but to feel how fair be mine. "Sweet Innisfallen, long shall dwell

In memory's dream that sunny smile Which o'er thee on that evening fell, When first I saw thy fairy isle."

Near the landing-place are the ruins of an abbey, founded by St. Finhian in the sixth century.

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by rowing from Innisfallen to a point on the lake near Muckross; but it will be more convenient to return to the hotel and visit them by car.

MUCKROSS ABBEY is on the estate of H. A. Herbert, M.P. It is a beautiful ruin, and its situation does honour to the good taste of the monks by whom it was erected, and who in this case, as in almost every other, chose for their abbeys the most charming and picturesque situations. The edifice contains both church and convent. The kitchen, infirmary, cellars, and other portions of the struc

handed down by tradition, are still related. The mansion near by is modern, and the residence of Captain Herbert, before mentioned.

Torc Cascade is 60 ft. in height. It falls over a broken wall of rocks. On each side are steep rocks with a luxuriant growth of trees and ferns. The walks are well kept, and one of them leads to a point from which a fine view is to be had of the Middle and Lower Lakes-a higher point may be reached from which the view of the cascade and the surrounding country is really magnificent.

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