On Every Lake There
Are Buildings Of Glory And Beauty To Be Seen Nestling On The Banks Among
The Trees, Or Towering On The Heights, Owned By The Wealthy And Titled
People That Own The Land Round The Lakes.
A cottage built for Her
Majesty was pointed out to us, and we heard of a royal deer hunt held
here.
We heard rapturous accounts of stags hunted to the verge of death,
and saved alive to repeat the ennobling sport. And we censure without
measure the Spanish bull fight where the animals are killed once! How
many deaths do these timid deer suffer? I am afraid we are not as noble
and merciful a people as we think we are.
There are sights to be seen and tales to be heard about these lakes of
loveliness that would occupy weeks, but a glimpse and away must suffice
for some, and our party all left Killarney on the next morning. I must
say that the wealth and the poverty, the unblushing begging, the want of
any remunerative industry, the idle listless people about the corners,
made Killarney a sad place to me.
LIII.
CORK AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD.
After returning from the lakes the rain came down in such torrents as
made us feel very thankful to be indoors again. We heard it raining all
through the night as if the days of Noah were returned once more. Every
one became anxious about the harvest in consequence of this steady rain.
The bishop has recommended prayer in all the Catholic churches for
seasonable weather to save the harvest.
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