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Moon s or
5bo¥ s^
Botany.
.Zoologyi
' I R E'L'A N D.
the .former being folid.ainjoft to the farface,. 'and,ge®efa|l^iiipr©veaMe,--
though at great.dxpqntee, >The i;ed' is fb calledL-from a teddifh filb-
ftance, five or fix feet deep, which holds water like a fponge, yields ‘no
afhes in burning, and is fuppofed -to be utterly irreclaimable. Trees
are found -in both, and they are'ifuppefed .to originate from fallen forefis.
Both differ from the Englifh moraffes; th e Irifh being rarely level, p a t
ri-fing »into hWs; japd jtherm<i£#l bog «in Bonnegal^ xha$ is a -p$»fod
fcenery of hill and dale. The plants are heath, with fome tb 0g;m-yrtl4
and a fittle^fed gy ‘ grajfe.-'°1 r;
The ftudyiof Botany, has been lefe cultivated here thap-In a n y o jh e r
part of the united Empire ; and the .^ighbourhepd of B u b f in ^ h k h .
has.been beft> explored, affords no.rar-e, and few ch-amderfftic.pltat^.
From the general irnldnefs -of „th&|climate, the - e ^ te n fiv e :t^ id s ^ iP ||g ,
and the vaft m ountainous xangfes that in t e t f f d th e . country, an4!#fford
capacioushafons fqr its numerous lakes,.it-»sjpbvious th a t-th ^ |% p a of
Ireland, when complete,. Svilhprobably <^ptainrM | r'aI’. # ’<l®i'e''Sf't?lat‘aj'e
ftrangers to1 the 'refbbf the Brit.ifh iflairds. -$P&the mountains ojfBligo
is found rheBaxifraga umbxqfa,t{ikpown tm our-gardens- by th e j'tk p f of
the romantic-Tcenery' of¥jpikrh&y?$E£ t h c b f f ^ y o f
Kerry is the moft Northern .habitat q%he A r'hutusr¥ n e d o 5 n ^ ^ ^ |e ^ th s
abound with the (lately Erica Dabiieci, and the,%ya^0€y$pegal£, Axhifus
uva-urfi, w ith other .alpine .pfciqts a lr^ y ifn fffe d ^ fo frfh e ^ b o ta p y i; of
Scotland, expand their rsegle<$te,d „ Molfqms. ^ § | trait t h e ^ f g f e i n g
feftoons qf.cluftered berries, » n n 0 tic ^ a j^d& ,th e .^ id ^ 'i^ liftid e -
rocky faftneffes..
In .paffing to -the Zoology- of Ireland, i t ^ ^ y ^ e ,-e?peded_. th a t ^ t }
many varieties fhould beTound between the J r i f o - f in a l s ; aRdr^pfe o f
England. ' I t is aflerted thafno-psifoiiaus jammal will* l i f ^ l ) Ire lan d ;
and even that no fpiders will haunt Irifh timber, which,; a$ is, (aid, gy-asj
the caufe why it was- often employed in magnificent ceilings in . the
middle ages. As in f a d Englandaffords .no poifonous anirfaf,, except
the viper, .this pofition implies, in ether-: words, that no vipers are
found in Ireland.
•“> Fofe-a.17^.
C H A P . IV. - N A T U R A L - G E O G R A P H Y .
2 39
The I r i a t a g » a ile d bobby,, are of a final bread, remarkable for
-t,ie gendenefgj^gtheir p J& H |
B l f t h W f c f the clafs, and, fo r-
W m S f
h o .n } , md | milk, io Ihat ■ ■ ■ 0 9 9
W B m m 1 1 1 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ M M O
• B a B M l M b m M 8 b M I W W O M B
M M M i m |
almoft dpubled in %e jlsA m e ric a p moriftd, ^ H i l W i
h extf n t"°fi'fou* & ' feetf # o tli,tiP f i ^ f l e x s '
and wiu^hmg three ‘hundred pejunds* ƒ * %&.#S!¥r& H O B I
- tWefy^feet Higli: ' ’■><•'* ^ ■ f> v I
Th^ ^ n p r a l^ ^ o f f r e i ^ ^ ^ h ^ ^ f e t i t t y O m M O m B
1 I M M I M
I I M B W
B O O O Iriv& m O i l O O O O O O O O B
Aghran ;^ n '|% h | g | g g g | | b f f e U ^ n " Kfnd
a m M M m if e l- f lr fW M M W I M
M M W I i m
I
orjmany. ye(ars, j fW the 'amphfti1o k 7q o j o
^ rJ | a% A ls g ig worked f o ^ o y e « | r,;a ’nd ib i^ that , very
maffy y^in ha^been re&htly « B f c p j g ^ w l t l n e a tly
«inched and „„proved the countries, where t h e f « r e found, and the
* * d u f f i o f |
Z oology. .
Mineralogy
Gold.
12' Pliilof;. Tranf. 1797.
Gold