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■Mountains: g ae of hills extends 0» the north-weft of Bantry Bay, and paffes to
th'e eaft, under the name of the She.hy mountains I To the north of
this is the line <SSlibLogher and Nagles : followed by the Galtee m£ua-
taias* and towards the' eaft are febfe oTKnoekendown, ^ h | e i r d
fouthward tow a rd the bay of©ungarvon. A j j M M i S
to th e fouth o f T ralee ,' which with a-group®, t©' t^e ,N-,rE. may -belaid
to complete'the enurrieration of the mountains. oTMusdlef. ’ ■ ■
inL eih fteris a mountain fo called, the line of.Slieb-loomipn-^e S.W.,
and a confifterable'group® to the fouth o f Dublin, ftyl® J J g Etfipure
mountains,-or thefe of W icklow. T h e .extend: o f t&s, p M | about
thirty E n g l » miles in length, by aho4t twelve in breadth. _
In U lfter is a fmall groupe, called the mountains ’of b o u r n e , iQ,the
S ^E co?her Of th e province: one of them, I f c n « d , is ^ Mfe Vc
about the heigh* of Mangerton. T h e hills- of
' language Jliebb figniftes a mountain,)'form the'.centre o f th e c©W$5 .©f
Downe ; and feveral hills are fprinkled oner-the: eafte rn h a lf of-Antrim.
On the north-weft of Loughnear arerthofe of Slievegalla^ 'and'-Gar n-
' tegher. Slieve Snaght is a confiderahle mou n ta inN . W:*.o|. Loughfoyl,
whence other lines dnd'groupes extend down to Eoughern, ' -
T h e eaftem part o f Connaught prefents numerous-marfhes-; 'but1 few*
mountains except thoftTof Baughfea B h M W h . T h e - I S t f ^ i ^M e r n
peninfula is-tftie of the moft mountainous regions^h Ireland. ^Affitong
other names may be mentioned mount N e p h i n in the county of M ay o ,.
a folitary hifl of 2640 feet, .and one of the moft honfiderable |vtb.e
ifland. T h a t of Croagh Patrick on the S. E. of Glewbay, a cone of |
2 666 feet the Fernamoor mountains to the weft of Loughmaflc;
and th e Twelve Pins, a line o f To many fmall peaks in Ballunahmch;
■ with others torth-e fouth of Loughcorrib.
Porefts. jj Scarcely the Temblance of a foreft remains in Ireland ; a tS Boate has
long fmce obferved that the woods have been greatly diminifhed fince
the entrance of the Englifh, partly from, the extenfibn of tillage and
partly from the peceffity of opening up the receffes of banditti.- Another
great caufe was the confemption .in domeftic fuel, and in the iron
7 Beaufort’ s Memoir .of a map o f Ireland. * P f i | f l
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CHAP . IV. NATWRiA L -GE O G R A P H Y. n r
manufactures,- the 'coal mines not having been explored. : Yet Boate Forests.
informs us that confidcrable woods exifted in his time in Wicklow,
Wexford, and Carlow; Kerry, -Tipperary, and Cork. The province
of Ulftei alfo boafted o f ëxtenfive forefts, in the counties of BonnegSi
l ^ è n ê , # $ r in $ f |® i f e weftern" pW in le '« o f1 Conhaüght',
f^ èo fe from th e rfe vV f'eBloiay|} 'ffraSt in his -time
ftored with Wee's ; Bu’f^th'StódlÖ/koWdVfbr’e'fts'w&rd in* tfhi -èotat.ies pf
Mayo ‘and'Sl'ijÉfb.1 < .?-
The.placé of was- M fhe‘ iifooQr^pt Moors or
BogV Which ferm g Boats divides Bo»8'*
them fin^-fdvferal -gêMëra^anli^éèleSjHlfet|tti>ng'<aiL 'elaboratefea-1 e 1 o f
flerility. ‘’T l f c ’dfy Keatlkare bMbfl ƒ ^ è d fin é d ’t<^^hai&0hdti'i^us.,. '‘.'The '
bb|sf hW'f e l i% 1 p ^ ^ ^ t ^ U t ''‘d‘èfc^ï|kihri^. in*’whicB
the'wafer.puih^dneéSled'b y herbage, tftfpbet¥néè' eXWërhel-y/
t'o Mvbïfers: •■feme''of\hefe4 rd tdVy in 2’;' TfepoWfe ,‘of
water ’and'mire.* -‘3. W h a t-h e ter-ms* Mffoidky-ibdgsf ..(Sr'Shallow lakes
ftndded with tufts- ë fru fe e s, •aWhieh are chieffyiifedh'dvrn-!thbpr©,yince
óf ‘Lfeihfter, fefpeSsf|ily i ö 'K 'i ^ ïs'%iB^J^ ^ eP',s bourftièsi? 4.--The peat
modrsb M tKeiTfa%f^^©hs'öf'tjhe Royal THfh 'Aeadffeiky^l-thtefgyls a
cunohs “hS;onht'- ©f th e fo rm a ^w o fe a' éw ^ B y ' the ^#ï©ht,bf* a p e aï ”
moor 'S te r a 'heavy^rath: the peat -at the fame f e k e ^ b y i efe
ftradm g th e ^M t f e 'b f a-ftream/fbrfhed^a^êofli&deFable-kbe,. tm." the
fpaeeve>f>half. a day. But thia'ëvént -waS' rather" ofla; l^éatjcfature; and
the formation o f hogs The ms to fee-owrngf, tin- many inftaaGe’s, sto> the
moifluje'f retained in jthqfe ',lp a rtè \.o ^® ^ f ta ï5which to form,
hollow receptacles, the fall o f the leavësl'ferrMng.^a veget ahte "*'earl:H^
fuperfaturated wit-h finoifture^ fo that, thb'tfe^es' themfelves in time fell
a_pïeyft‘ ©rnamen-ts-' o f 1|^M and ot'hdr reti%s5 ®£ani’i^u&t^|mave from
tiïne to time been difcoyered in the bogs at great depths; and.'-there are
ether ind^Gationsyhat they arfe-of coirïptat,atiy^iy i^MtiifdtiiiatiQri: Ik5ist
hoped that the hand of induftry will in time remove mapylbY/ihefe
hlem-ilhes; and one d f th e greateft improvements of\Kod'&r-njfagrieul- .
türe rs that of reclaiming peat f act or by means o f caleaf^ons. irhhure.
Mr. Young only divides the bogs into two forts, the black and the red | ,
' »1Voi»p.*3. u the