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XXV. Uppee Shannon.— 131. North Tipperary; 132. King's Co.; 

 133. Westmeath; 134. Longford. 



XXVI. Noeth Atlantic— 135. West Gal way; 136. West Mayo. 

 XXVII. NoethConnaught — 137.EastMayo; 138. Sligo; 139. Lei- 

 trim; 140. Roscommon. 



XXVIII. Ebne — 141. Fermanagh; 142. Cavan; 143. Monaghan ; 

 144. Tyrone; 145. Armagh. 



XXIX. Donegal. — 146. Donegal. 



XXX. TJlsteb Coast. — 147. Down; 148. Antrim ; 149. Deny. 



The extent of the provinces will be seen by observing what coun- 

 ties are included in each of them, and, therefore, no more description is 

 requisite. But as a few of the large counties are divided into two vice- 

 counjjes, the lines used for that purpose must be described. Kerry is 

 divided into North and South by a line which follows the course of the 

 River Flesk, from its entrance into the county to its mouth in the Lower 

 Lake of Killarney, then skirts the northern shore of that lake as far as 

 the River Laune, which it follows to the sea. Cork is separated into 

 North and South by a line descending the River Sullane from its en- 

 trance into the county, to its junction with the River Lee, and descend- 

 ing that river to the sea. Tipperary is conveniently divided into North 

 and South by the Great Southern and Western Railway. In Galway 

 the division into East and West is well denned by Lough Corrib and 

 the river which flows from it and Lough Mask. In Mayo, a boundary 

 between East and West is also tolerably well marked by Lough Mask 

 and the course of the River Ayle, as far as a small lake above Ballyhean 

 Church ; from thence it is imaginary for a short distance, until it reaches 

 the nearest point on the road from Tuam to Castlebar, close to a hamlet 

 called Tully ; then it follows that road as far as Castlebar, and from 

 thence descends the course of the water through Lough Cullin, and by 

 the River Moy to the sea at Ballina. 



It will be seen that, by thus dividing the great county of Cork, we 

 separate the mountain district, so well known as forming part of the 

 peculiar floral region of the south-west, from the inland country, of which 

 the plants are not known to differ in any remarkable degree from those 

 of other parts of the centre of Ireland. The proposed division of Kerry 

 has a similar effect, with the slight exception of detaching a small and 

 peculiar district near Dingle from the Iveragh Mountains, with which 

 it has a few peculiar plants in common. 



