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362 stone. Its form is a quadrangle, with four round towers at the corners; the four sides of the fabric nearly resemble each other, with battlements upon the whole. All the windows, both in the towers and the sides, are large, and have Gothic tops to them. The roof may be said to be flat; on the centre of which rises another quadrangle of less dimensions, having two rows of battlements upon the top of it, and like the lower part of the Castle, it has on every side of it large windows, with Gothic tops to them, serving for sky-lights to the hall and staircases. The castle stands about a quarter of a mile from the lake, on an extensive lawn (rising gradually from the Aray Bridge), of great variety of ground of the richest verdure, with very fine timber trees of different sorts scattered charmingly over it; some single, others clustered; and groups of sheep greatly adding to the beauty of the scene. Rising from the Castle (to the traveller's eye on the right), is the lofty Dunacquaich; thick wood creeping nearly to its summit. Its shape is very uncommon; and being planted with a great variety of trees and shrubs, the tints on its sides are very striking. Towards the top of it some crags peep between the brush wood, gorse, and broom,