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Passed through the Glen of the Downs, a fine wooded ravine in the 

 mountains. Near the little town of Newtownmountkennedy, saw 

 Rosa micrantha. We reached Mr. Nuttall's place at about 6. Near 

 to Mr. Nuttall's house gathered very fine specimens of Botrychimn 

 Lunaria. This is a small house (Tittour, or more correctly, Tithewes) 

 in the mountains, round which that gentleman has planted extensively 

 with numerous species of fir and other trees. 



July 9. "We went to-day, in company with Mr. and Miss Nuttall, 

 to Glendalough. Near a church called Derralossary found Bosa 

 scrabiuscula of Fl. Hibern., and in a bog near Anamoe Pinguicula 

 lusitanica. The ruins at Glendalough are churches and a Round 

 Tower. The churches are of the plain semicircular arch . . . the 

 earliest style of Christian building. They are formed of stones 

 squared and carved for some older building. Not so the Tower. 

 I went to the waterfall at the upper end of the glen, but found no 

 plants of interest. (N.B. — It deserves to be well examined.) In 

 a boggy spot at the lower end of the lake, on the left hand side of 

 the river, we found a Malaxis paludosa. 



July 10. Left Mr. Nuttall's after gathering Botrychium Lunaria 

 and Holcus mollis. We proceeded by Luggalow, a mountain hollow 

 in which Mr. Latouche has a house, and has well covered the sides 

 with wood so as to make a beautiful spot. On the mountain above 

 it we found Eriopliorum polystachion. Lough Bray is a bare lake with 

 a gentleman's house on its bank. Had a glorious view of Dublin 

 from the hills as we descended by the military road. 



July 11. Dined with Mackay. In the Botanic Garden noticed 

 two forms of Dryas odopetala. 



July 12. Went to Killiney and found plenty of Polygonum Baii. 



July 13. Went with Mackay to the Glasnevin Botanic Garden. 



July 14. Left Dublin by the Westport mail at 7.45 p.m. Was 

 fortunate in having a pleasant companion, the Rev. G. R. Gildea, 

 of Killmaiii, near Hollymount (Roundfort), Mayo. We left the 

 Galway coach at Ballinasloe (where there is a good inn) and passed 

 through Tuam, a very poor place, and Castlebar, also a poor 

 place. Between Tuam and Castlebar the view of the mountains is 

 very fine. The view also just before entering Westport is well 

 worthy of notice. In the evening I walked down to the quay, 

 about a mile, and was much pleased with the grand outline of 

 Croagh Patrick. The quay is small but convenient. Lord Sligo's 

 park is good and the house a fine one. 



July 16. Walked through the park, and along the right side of 

 the estuary, not keeping close to the water for some miles. The 

 land is curiously intersected by the sea, and forms a multitude of 

 small peninsulas and islands, all of them cultivated. Mr. Chamber- 

 lain, of Christ Church, Oxford, came in ; he is a pleasant man. 



