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and it'is probably about one mile in diameter. From
its great elevation, it is not likely that its banks will be
chosen as the site of futuijegdemesnes ; ‘and perhaps it is
impossible to conceive any body of water more opportiinely
disposed, or affording greater facilities for draining. The
only fish taken here are pike and eels; but in winter it is
frequented by great quantities of wild-fowl.
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(143 E: l whereas, in descending from the common, it bursts upon
. 7‘ the sight in all its effect and magnificence.
a l Proceeding upon the old road to Larne, the common and
X ,1 ll’ racing ground, an uncultivated tract, are passed, and on the
t SE I right lies the elevated lake of Lough-morne. This sheet
T ll’ of water occupies the summit of an eminence about 500 feet
33 Kvill above the level of the sea: it must be supplied by its own
;. internal resources, as it is above the springs of the neigh-
bouring‘ rivulets, and from it issues a stream which turns
,1 a cotton-mill; its banks are uncultivated and unplanteil,
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; ’%” The name Lough-morne is probably a corruption of
L up Lough.-more, the great lake ,' but the ingenious author of
s k the I-Iistoryuof .CflI‘I‘lCk.-FC.1‘g'1lS has added the following
V A v fabulous derivation, which 15 preserved by the neig1ibour- ‘
I :9 ing peasantry :-“ This place was once a large tomi,
M I ; “ when one evening an aged mendicant came to seek
l .“ for lodging, which being refused, he exclaimed, ‘Al-
E ,v "iii “ though it is now a‘ town, yet shallit be a loiiglrcre
g?" raw " “ morn.’ Immediately he left the town, and withdrew to
L. J, I it “ an adjacent bill; upon which theiground be t
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- “ sink: eels are said to have risen about the hearth-stones,
53; fi if V 5 ,“ and ultimately the whole town sunk, into the abyss, and
ix ‘f the water rolled in over it; f1‘0II1JVl1lCll.1:ti1fl8, says
“the legend, it has been calledeLoughfmome.’,’ . ‘ jg '
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