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stretching along the coast of the wild metamorphic country 

 from Roundstone to Broad Haven ; here it was far to the 

 eastward of its most easterlj^ station, and on the low-lying 

 inland limestone. 



At Cloghans I left the lake-shore for a while, and visited 

 Derrymannin I^ake, which proved barren, and I returned to 

 Lough Conn at its south-eastern end. Here the limestone 

 ceases, and a bolder shore-line is formed by gneissose rocks. 

 Heathery bluffs project over the lake, alternating with lovely 

 bays of clean reddish sand. A bathe was the natural result of 

 the advent of deep water, and then the change of the flora 

 was noted which followed the change of soil. A new group 

 of plants appeared, among which were Radiola, Filago 

 ger7ua7iica, Hypericum clodes, Gnaphalhmi sylvatiainiy and all 

 the commoner calcifuge members of our flora. Lough Conn 

 is separated from Lough Cull en by a wild, picturesque rocky 

 neck of land, and over this I passed to the beautifully situated 

 little inn at Pontoon. An evening stroll along the Lough 

 Cullen shores revealed nothing new except Scutellaria nmior 

 and a couple of Charas. 



On four out of the five days which I spent in Mayo, the 

 weather showed a commendable habit of raining smartly for 

 an hour in the morning, to freshen things up, and then clearing 

 to a glorious day. The morning I left Pontoon was no 

 exception. A steep pass between wooded hills led to the 

 Lough Conn shore in its south-western corner, where Poferiujn, 

 TJialictriwi, and the rest were waiting to welcome me. A 

 rocky bluff yielded Taxus and Populus trcumla, evidently 

 native, and a couple of Hawkweeds not yet named. Further 

 on, another Hawkweed of the accipitrine group was gathered, 

 and Lobelia Dortmanna in the lake ; also Sclcranthiis and 

 other additions to the calcifuge group. Striking inland at 

 Wood Park, Levally Lough was visited, and a great bog 

 whereon Rhynchospora fiisca was the most interesting plant. 

 Then I turned towards where Nephin towered into the clouds 

 on the north-west. One of the few explorers of Nephin 

 invites his readers to " start from the summit and descend 

 downwards in various directions." I found it possible only 

 to ascend upwards in one — the one I chose being the course 

 of a streamlet on the south-east side. The ascent is steep and 

 the mountain very bare. For a long time Saxifraga lunbrosa 



