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shore. High rounded hills to the eastward. Seaward, the 

 Lights Commissioners' steamer " Tearaght" lies a quarter mile 

 awa}^ and behind her to the right the grand cliffs which fringe 

 the North Ma3'o coast. The captain is stamping about, 

 consigning to various unpleasant places a certain Spanish 

 jackass that was to have been brought aboard here for con- 

 ve3'ance to Killj^begs, but which is nowhere to be seen. A 

 dull rainy-looking morning with slight easterly breeze. 



1.45 P.M. Teelin Bay, Co. Donegal. — We landed a 

 storming party at Broad Haven — the mate and two seamen, 

 with myself as war correspondent — and with the assistance 

 of a native contingent, captured the jackass, fastened a canvas 

 sling on him, sw^am him out to the steamer in the wake of 

 the gig, and jerked him on board with the steam winch, to 

 his intense surprise. Then under weigh at 7.0 a.m. A heavy 

 swell outside, and the " Granuaile" rolled badly, and breakfast, 

 which I prudently took on deck, was a duty rather than a 

 pleasure. Our course now lay N.E. Weather dark and rainy, 

 with cold S.E. wind and N.W. swell — generally very uncom- 

 fortable, and we v/ere glad when at 11. 15 Slieve League was 

 sighted on our port bow. This was the turning point of the 

 day's fortunes. The sky slowly brightened, the sun came 

 out, the roll lessened as we got inshore, and we passed along 

 under the glorious precipices of Slieve League wath a cloud- 

 less sky and a sparkling blue sea. Close on 2,000 feet the 

 mountain rises in one huge precipice from the water. We 

 passed Carrigan Head within a stone throw of its beautifully 

 contorted rocks, and at 2.0 p.m. cast anchor in the pretty 

 harbour of Teelin. Right above the little pier rises the land- 

 w^ard face of Slieve League, its base dotted with cottages. The 

 bell sounded for lunch, and we willingly trooped down. 

 Then there was an interruption as Harvie- Brown ^ appeared 

 and w^as welcomed. Barrington- was with Hart on Slieve 

 League, it appeared, so we left him a message to follow us to 

 Killybegs. The cargo of ling that wx brought from Kilronan 

 having been landed, we are off again. 



10.0 P.M. Kii^LYBEGS. — I WTite by daylight on the bridge. 

 Leaving Teelin an hour's run brought us into the fine harbour 



^ J. A. Ilarvic-Erown, F.L.S., Larbert, Stirlingshire (ornithology). 

 ' R. M, Barrington, LL.B., F.LS. (ornithology and botany). 



