Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 111 of 120
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# Page Description This is running prose from the middle of a travel narrative titled "A Month's Tour." The text describes a journey departing Dublin on the thirteenth of an unspecified month, with the narrator embarking aboard the ship *Hillsborough* under Captain Parry. The passage details the departure from George's Quay, the favorable weather conditions, and the scenic views of Dublin's surrounding geography—including Howth, Lambey Island, Black-rock, Dunleary, Bray-head, and the Wicklow mountains. It concludes with mention of a brisk gale arising around six P.M. that safely propels the vessel onward. The page also contains earlier text discussing religious demographics in Ireland and Dublin specifically.
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A MONTH TOUR. tt riority of papifts, however, throughout the kingdom is as three to one, or perhaps. fomewhat more; in the city of Dublin, it is in the proportion of five to one. On the thirteenth we walked down to George’s-quay, and embarked, at: half patt fix, A. M. on board the Hillsborough, Captain Parry; weighed anchor about half patt feven, and failed, with a gentle wef- terly breeze, taking a farewell retrofpe& of the city, and enjoying a delightful view of the hill of Howth and Lambey Ifland, on the one hand,—Black-rock, Dunleary, Bray-head and the Wicklow mountains on the other. About fix P. M. a brifk gale fprung up, | and wafted us, in perfect fafety, to our 2 gees def- comicbooks.com