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READING LESSONS, 207 being om fteen to twenty thoms, and some parts
om seventy to eighty thoms deep.
4. The island of Innis llen, in the lower lake, al­ already mentioned, is generally the dining place, where there is a kind of hall tted up by Lord Ken­ mare. What is very surprising here, is the sponta­ neous production of the arbutus, or strawberry-tree, which is und in great plenty and per ction in many of these islands; it was probably introduced
here by the monks who inhabited this place at a very early period. This plant was not much known about London so late as 1770. Near the lake of Kil­ larney, there is a rich copper mine wrought, which produces om 50 to 60 tons of ore per week.
CLARICE'S
LESSON XX. • INNISFALLEN.
1. SwEET Innis llen, re thee well,
May calm and sunshine long be thine l ow ir thou art, let others tell,
While but to el how ir is mine !
2. Sweet Innis llen, re thee well,
And long rnay'light around thee smile, s soft as on that evening fell,
When rst I saw that i Isle.
3. Thou wert too lovely, then, r one
Who had to turn to paths of care,
Who had through vulgar crmvds to run, nd leave thee bright and silent there.
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