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Sflver.
•Copper..
iron.
H B H B reported to ^h^S. -beea anciently found m the provmce
— rivulet called Miol^whicltffiills into the north-
Weft corner of the lake called N e ag h /3 As minute particles ox gold are
fprinkled through moftftegions of the world, fo in fome mftances a few
may find opportunities to combine, I M B I B »
and thus excite notice without any xliytoical procedure. But to infer
Qfthis precious metal
t h i j S e found in the mountains, w h e n g ||h e.ftte am s have chanced to
convey golden land, or even fmall fragments, might only lead to ralh
and fp e c u la u g f a d v e n tg - for even in the favourite regions o f native
^ o l f f i t Kas fometiqies a riyer or rivulet had a£ually
carn^d down what little
p o t h e r c c^iftei^tiim k n ow n f i l l i p s
S * e i y , may ^Yided t l i ^ H |
working a m i n e ^ virtually ^ q v e |g d ^ ,- . j;J , ,
fo»od in the
mentions a m i j j p f this .metal;. iA t e rm in J ^ w ith m g # W as
wrought in the <mantY - oftAntrim,. an d . er
from thirty ^ b u n M l ^ d . - Amotfter, lefi
found near th e h a rb a u ro f'S la g o I
county of Tipperary,’ tw c lv e - n d la ^ a n
laft were o f two kinds, W p .
g l i f t e r i n g t h e other, W l ^ w a ^ h e B B J
jxiarl: T h e . works were cfeftroyed a^ *!Jr i ^ f I
Topper has bCeh tddOTtlyfotmd in 'th e ' i f
Muccrdfs in 'K e rry . . ' \ . . , .
One o f ’’the chidf miiietal ptod'u&lons o f 'M a n d l g | | l | g Ames
o f which wefe little knSw'n P M S M | I i E j i
-the iron mines o f Ireland iitto three dtferiptioris: ‘ 1. What he g l | |
the bog mitre,'or what is nc*v' ‘telwftd 18 Wfaft<! 6td, ™ f d ' ® “rS
bogs: the ore refembliflg a yeftoW cfey, dirt foouldi ^ g to
a blackifh fend: 1. 'She-rOck mine, a bad. Toft», the* orfe g M E p
combined with done. ' 3 - T h a t found in various mountains, the ore
6 Boate*, j?. 6 9 .1 j|fteric»
fpheric, d n d ’o f k wlfttifbgfey colour! bafts o f t&e heft ore contained
kernels full o f fmaft holes, Whence thd name heney-comb ore. Boate
praifeS- this d n sn 'a s ’frequently rivalling that o f Spain 5 arid hist work
may be fconfultedftdr thFmannet' ö f Conduaing the founderies.
’’Thë'heds' 'öfi'edal ft* be feeds in trarioiis Regions o f Ireland - have not
yet been .explored to 'them prdpór epfte&r That o f Kilkenny, found at
Caftlecpmer, ;s ^|fen|-gdïy.èélehrated among tniaeralogifts, as th e p u re ft
whîéh-has yet been triced-kuafif-quarter ó f th e globe. Even as £ £
as tbé'dme-of Boate, coal was accidentally difeovered in an iron-mine,
m; the? county o f Carlow, i ; 1
One e f the m oft; beautiful marbles-of Ireland & found near Kilkenny ;
and others have beemdifcfWcred k various parts of the ifknd. Bôatê
brands th é ffeeftoöe óffttëktód as being fiable to .im ^ b e -thê » o iftö rö .öf
the atfeoTphere % *H prevent which c ffe a it whs neceffaty to^kcrffft the
walls with brîék, h r-to line them with wamfeoit.- Slate o f vaÿfoüg
kinds # alfo abundantv
; For mmeral 'waters Ireland has never been famous. There: g c j
fprmg, as already mentioned, at Leixlîp, «foTe cèl^ ra ïédT fom fafflfofr
than from potency.. As Ireland! contains- abundance;o# iron; it is almoft
nnneceffary <#d add that there are many chalybeate waters in ' fcveraî
parts ®f th e ’cctmtry. The moft remarkable are thaï o f BaHynichkcft
îh' the'ffieeefe ofBromore*; Ballyfpeftan,. not' fer from n Æ e tm y -^ è ù
Kanturk and;:MaHow,.H-tbe'dountÿ o f Code: the*laft a fepid fpring.
There is'another Spa at Farnhatn, nearXough Earn. r j f
Among* th e maturiFcUriofiries o f Irefend -would, !ln^;àdc'feifr
have been mentioned rfie purgatory o f S t. f ttr f c k , a roîfênrbfêWfetfli
delufion. At prefetit the lake- o f Kîllamey a ttra â s mole deferved d e v ^
^ o f water is about* t e n 'm i f é s ^ f e i g t h 1'
and from one to e v e n in breadth i it is divided into4Mrée paxttfckÉd'tCè
upjpéf, lower, and MuCkfufs lake j a n d ^ s ‘ forrouhded by an amphithéâtre'
Of mountains, clothed with frees, whofe verdure is ^Shtrafted
with. Intervening rocks. The Arbutus, with its M e t fruit and -fflowy
h IM ig ;* here vegetates in great teknriance. ^Nor -kre chfcadfes,' and'
other.features of rural beauty, Wanting 'fo' complete the' feene 'h $ T h e
>♦ Young, u 444, & c
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