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| TEMPLE ARCH, CO. DONEGAL. -This lofty arch is one of the many wondrous formations molded by the friction of the waves, during untold ages, out of the flinty rocks that buttress Horn Head, which "boldly breasts the North's eternal foam." Under it, boats of good size can sail in calm weather. In periods of storm, the mariner avoids the seas around this savage Head, as he would the entrance to the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Even in moderate weather, the suction of the waves is powerful, and skilled oarsmen have no easy task in guiding their little vessels safely through the rocks and eddies of this most dangerous, if picturesque, region. Flocks of sea birds, of various families, fill the crevices of the rocks and flit above the waves, uttering weird, screaming notes of wonder or alarm, whenever human intruders disturb their time-honored retreats. Nervous tourists say that the surging of the waves through Temple Arch gives them a feeling of absolute terror, and they always feel devoutly thankful when they get away from its gruesome shadows. The temperature of the sea-water around this part of the Irish coast is very cold, even in the heat of summer, and a fall overboard, even when immersion lasts but a moment, is a most chilling experience. |
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