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BELFAST LOUGII. '
cipitous cliffs, near the summit, are several caves, of
which it is not determined whether they owe their origin
to art or nature. The summit of the hill is usually called
M‘Art’s Fort, and is inclosed by a fosse and mound.
The View from this eminence, across the Lough, com-
mands the whole of Down county, the Irish Sea, and
coast of Scotland; and the ascent is very easily accom-
plished.
The noble sheet of water which forms the chief feature
of the view, has yet been quite neglected: this bold
estuary, the Vinderius of Ptolemy, is called indiscri-
minately the Bay of Carrick-Fergus and Belfast Lough.
It is about twelve miles long and five broad, measuring
from Groomsport in Down, to VVhite-head on the Antrim
side. The breadth gradually diminishes from the en-
trance to the embouchure of the river Lagan, and the
channel, formerly very shallow near that place, has been
so deepened by skilful management, as to admit vessels
which draw thirteen feet of Water close to the wharfs.
There is a deep pool called Carmoyl, or Garmoyle, about
one mile from the south shore, opposite Hollywood, where
vessels ride at low water, when the bank within twenty
yards is completely dry. There are scarcely any rocks
in this bay, except one reef on the north side (which is
covered at high water), called by the Irish, the Briggs, 2'. c.
the Tombs ;' but by the Scotch, the Clachan, from its
resemblance to a village, when uncovered at low waters
There isa shoal a little S. XV. of Carrick-Fergus, over
which lies three fathom of water at ebb tide. The Speed-
well, a Scotch ship, in King VVilliam’s reign, was the .
only vessel ever known to suffer on it. The Dawn coast
is distinctly seen during the drive to Carricl;-Fergus, and
is bcagtilully diversified with seats and villages. ' Ofzthcse
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