92 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1840 



Aug. 17. Baily, Lingwood, and I examined the strata of the 

 Ludlow and Wenlock rocks on the north-west parts of the Woolhope 

 Valley. We met with numerous broken Trilobites in the Wenlock 

 shale. Heavy storms of rain all the day. 



Aug. 18. We examined to-day that portion of the Woolhopa 

 Valley that forms the southern side of the bounding range, and the 

 central portion, particularly the Caradoc limestone and sand. 



Aug. 19. I left Sufton Court this morning, and went by way of 

 Birmingham to Liverpool, and then took the steam packet to Dublin, 

 arriving at that place at 6 a.m. 



Aug. 20. Called upon Mr. Mackay at the Botanic Garden, then 

 went to Kingstown, and left Dublin by the mail in the evening. 



Aug. 21. Arrived at Westport at 5 p.m. 



Aug. 22. I examined the neighbourhood of the harbour for 

 some hours, and then went to Newport, to the Rev. G-. Gildea, wha 

 is rector of that place. 



Aug. 23. Sunday. There was a good congregation. I under- 

 stand that there are about 500 Protestants in the parish. 



Atig. 24. Went to Burrishool Abbey, of which the greater part 

 of the church remains pretty perfect. It is of a very late style of 

 architecture, the styles being much mixed. Then crossed the lower 

 of the Burrishool Lakes, by going over Nixon's Island, in a flax field 

 in which I found a small quantity of Cuscuta epilinum ; then followed 

 the road upon the western side as far as the island that divides the 

 lakes ; having found in a hollow before getting to the "Leap" plenty 

 of Eriai mediterranea in a swampy place, between the road and the 

 lake. The Erica also occurs upon the south side of the island that 

 divides the lakes. Here I saw Callitriche pedmiculata /3 sessilis, and 

 also plenty of C. platycarpa. After again passing to the eastern side 

 of the water, I went to the upper end of the upper lake, and then 

 ascended a mountain called Buckough, and descending upon its other 

 side, returned to Newport. There is a very fine view from the top 

 of the mountain, including the whole of Clew Bay, the Morisk 

 Mountains, Lough Beltra, and most of Erris. The lakes of Burris-^ 

 hool communicate by two streams with a great fall ; the lower one 

 is affected by the tide. 



Aug. 25. We went in a boat for some distance amongst the 

 islands of the bay. 



Aug. 26. Walked to an old castle on the coast beyond Burris- 

 hool, called Carrigachouley, and returned by an old and very bad 

 road to the Burrishool bridge. Found a little more of the Cuscuta 

 epilinum. Then went along the new road to Castlebar, as far as the 

 place where it joins the old one, by which I returned. In the lake 

 between these roads I determined that the long-leaved Potamogeton 

 that is so common in this country, but so rarely flowers, is P. hetero- 

 phyllus [since determined to be P. lanceolatus, 1864]. 



