Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 66 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 66: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative or travelogue titled "A Month's Tour" (page 66). The text describes a journey through Ireland, detailing natural landmarks encountered—the Lover's Leap (a large rock formation), a hawthorn tree with drooping branches, and the village of Tina-Hinche where the travelers stopped for breakfast. The passage concludes with them continuing toward a waterfall in Lord Powerscourt's park. The prose is descriptive and leisurely in tone, typical of Victorian travel writing.
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66 A MONTH’ TOUR. bout:the middle is the laver’s:leap,:a large. rock which fhoots up in the form of acaftle. to.a:great.. height.. ; Near this, at the fide of the brook, is a: tall hawthorn, whofe. branches hang down: like thofe of the weeping willow. When we had fufficiently. gratified our, curiofity, we left thefe peaceful manfions of filenceand folitude, ‘and::proceeded a quarter. of a mile farther:t6“Tina-Hinche,: whither we had-difpatched our ‘coachman to befpeak break-faft. After a dith of tea: and eggs, the cuftomary fare of Ireland, we ordered the horfes to be put to, and conti- nued our route to the water-fall in’ Lord’ Powerscourt’s park. EKO ame SHeg i What . . By + ee a > Pas " o i — Set wy. , Tey ec rent. mem | , » at comicbooks.com