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3 g’,,,3 : strewn with these enormous -masses of lime-stone rock, ‘.
- E in which the nodules of flint ., are founddeposited in the A
E. pvt’; Y, manner already described. On the left the bold hills of 1
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,Carrig Murphy and Slieve Baraghad rise with great sub- I
limity, and completelyover-liang the road. - .- n ’ 1
The little town-land of iArdclinis is, now soon reached, I .1
the only memorial of whose former importance, now dis- :
cernible, is a little ruined chapel, standing on a ‘very ‘,1
pleasing eminence, at the foot of a lofty ridge of moun- A:
tain. Ardclinis is not mentioned in the Monasticon, or in
.Lannigan's Ecclesiastical History, unless, probably, it is
identical with.Aradnachill, founded by St. Patrick, whose
.site is undetermined. Near this little ruinous edifice a
,stream falls down the.,mountain’s front ;, and just when it
has attracted the attention, by its pleasing murmuring ‘
‘and splashing foam, sinks completely into the earth, and
passing under the bill, which" the road, crosses, falls
into the, sea. The noble vale of Glenarit’F"‘ is soon reached,
remarkable for the extreme wildness of the prospect, and
,the extensive scene of desolation presented to the wonder-
; ing eye of .the traveller. The road crosses the entrance of
3 3. the glen, and commandsa View of it from end to end. On
in either side, themountains rise with much regularity anda
l ‘monotony, of character. At the bottom are verdant slop-
‘ ing banks; above, a mural precipice of dark basalt, and on
the summit a flat tract of table-land, affording tolerable
‘pasture. . This is the general-appearance of mostbasaltici
..mountains, .and..from vthisvavery sameness-the peculiar
‘character of the vale of Glenariff is derived. V
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- .%.Glenarif1‘ is also ca11ed.Glen-airearnh, the valley of Numbers; and
Glen-aixeachaib, the valley of Chiefs.‘ ‘
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