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| LOWER POINT, HOWTH, COUNTY DUBLIN.- This sketch represents one of the finest views to be obtained from the shores of the far-famed bay of Dublin, compared favorably by many travellers with that of Naples. Certainly, in variety of form and beauty of coloring, it is not inferior to its Italian rival, although the sublimity of Vesuvius in full eruption is lacking. The waters of the bay, looking south by eastward, are majestically framed by the dark, undulating sierra of the Wicklow highlands, within whose picturesque recesses is comprised more beauty, perhaps, than in any other section of Irish ground, except Killarney and Glengariff. The light house and the dwellngs of the wealthy show themselves on the cliff overhanging the water on the left of the picture, while a neat farm house, looking clean, comfortable and home-like, occupies the middle ground. No city in Europe has more attractive suburbs than Dublin, and all around the Hill of Howth is a beauty spot. As a health resort the region is unsurpassed, and, in summer, the Hill and its environs are thronged with excursionists from abroad and picnic parties from the metropolis. No tourist of good tast ever says farewell to Dublin without paying a visit to Howth. Most of the land around the ominence is owned by the Earl of Howth, whose family name, obtained by heroism in the ancient Irish wars, is St. Lawrence. |
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