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second brook running from the mountains ; ascended it for a short 

 distance, and found near to a small waterfall Sazifraga Geum in 

 plenty. 



Aug. 30. Being Sunday we did not go far from home, but 

 walked down the Cong road to the upper part of Lough Corrib. 



Attg. 31. Started this morning in a taxed cart to make a tour 

 of Connemara. We ascended the river that runs by the Maam inn 

 until we passed over the watershed, between Lough Corrib and the 

 Killery, then descended to the head of that bay. The country is 

 one mass of mountains the whole distance, but well covered with 

 grass, and feeding a large number of sheep and cattle. Lenane, at 

 the head of Killery harbour, is a very poor place ; on the shore we 

 saw the usual sea plants, such as Glaux, Statice, Armeria, Plantago 

 Coronopus, Aster tripoliwm, etc. The harbour is very narrow, more 

 than seven miles in length, and bounded by very lofty mountains. 

 We proceeded over a new road formed through an extensive bog 

 till we reached the north side of the " Twelve Pins " of Benbuola, 

 then skirting a lake, we left the Clifden road and turned north to 

 Tully, a very poor place, and searched the sea-side there for Arabis 

 ciliata. Did not find it. Gladium Mariscus, Spartium scoparium in 

 plenty, and Arundo arenaria. 



Sept 1. Started before breakfast, and fell in with a party who 

 were on their way to Clifden Fair. We noticed by the way that 

 Ulex Europaeus became more and more scarce, and Ulex imnus 

 extremely plentiful. Clifden is a very neat town, situated upon a 

 deep estuary. After breakfast we walked about the town, and then 

 proceeded to Eoundstone by the inland road. For the first mile 

 the road passed the head of a number of small inlets of the sea, and 

 turning inland passed over about five miles of the most barren 

 country that we saw in the districts ; it consists of bog upon a 

 stratum of Hornblende slate, protruding in numerous places, the 

 number of small lakes being quite astonishing. The vegetation 

 consists solely of the following plants : Schoenus nigriains, Molinia 

 caerulea, common ; Eriophorum angustifolium, Ulex nanus, Rhynchospmu 

 alba, far from common, the two mentioned above nearly forming 

 the whole herbage of the country. The other plants noticed were 

 Potentilla tormentilla, Myrica gale, Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, rare ; 

 Erica cineria, Narthecium ossifragum, Drosera anglica, and rotundifolia, 

 very rare. At Eoundstone we found Mr. William MacCalla, the 

 son of the hotel-keeper, who showed us Arbutus in situ, and took 

 us to the station of Erica mediterranea in Glan Iska on Urrisbeg 

 mountain ; it extends in very large quantities down a boggy valley. 

 He also showed a station for Adiantum Capillus-Veneris on a rock 

 facing south-west on the bank of Lough Bulard. The specimens 

 are small, but in fructification. In the evening he showed us his 

 collections of shells, etc. 



