Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER XXIX.

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Ride on horseback into the county Wicklow. Bray. Student's equipment. English piety. Kilruddery. Glen of the Downs. Summer-house. Vale of Durwan. The giant. The Devil's Glen. Küleborn. Rural repast in Rosanna. The tourists. Avondale, an Eden by moonlight. Avoca Inn. The meeting of the Waters. Castle Howard. Beautiful portrait of Mary Stuart. Bally Arthur. The ha-ha. My horse at blind-man's buff. Shelton Abbey. The negro porter. Loss of my pocket-book. What is a gentleman? Valley of Glenmalure. Lead mines. Military road. The sun behind black masses of clouds. The seven churches. Mysterious tower without an entrance. The black lake of St. Kevin. The giant Fian M'Cumhal. The enamoured Princess. Her tragical end, and the saint's excessive rigour. Irish toilet. Walter Scott and Moore in the mouth of a peasant. Morass and will-o'-the-wisp. A night upon straw. Hedge of Mist. First peep of sun over the lake and valley of Luggelaw. Romantic solitude. The statue of rock. P---- Park. Intolerance, cant, and abuse of the Sunday. Sugar-loaf. Rich country. Repose by the brook. Lord Byron......331