Excerpt from Guide to the Lakes of Killarney: Illustrated by Engravings, After the Designs of George Petrie, Esq.Nature and remains of Art; and concludes with such directions as will enable the expert Tourist to dispose of his time so the scenery and phenomena of Killamey may be perfectly viewed and admired in a tour of either three or two days, or even of one. In the concluding pages will be found a list of all the Islands, to which names have been appropriated, and the heights of the surrounding Mountains.The Author of the present Volume, then, professes to be without a rival; for this reason, that none of his predecessors have been content to appear in a less dig: nified character than that of Historian, Tourist, &c. While he will rest satisfied, and consider the ends of his labour fully accomplished, if he shall prove a useful or entertaining companion to the visiter, even in the humble.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.