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Gothic Eoman Catholic Cathedral, good streets and houses. I saw 

 eight or ten salmon leap quite out of the river. 



Sept. 4. Lord Adare came in unexpectedly, and we went on in 

 company to Sligo. It is a dreary road, but after the first half is 

 passed the views of the sea and the On-mountains are fine, and 

 continually changing. There is a fine waterfall at Ballisadare. 

 The agriculture improves greatly as we approach Sligo, which is a 

 prosperous, well-built town. Lord Adare and I went on immediately 

 by car to Lissadell, the seat of Sir Robert Gore Booth, and arrived 

 there to dinner at 7 p.m. 



Sept. 5. Walked to the summit of Ben Bulben, and then followed 

 the lower edge of the cliff quite round the two angles, finding the 

 Koeleria, supposed to be valeriaea* in great plenty, also Saxifraga 

 aizdides, and a small quantity of Polygonum viviparum. Then joined 

 Sir Robert on the summit, and walked along the top to a cave on 

 the further side of Ben Weshin, called "Lobiermot." Near the 

 mouth of it found a great quantity of Arenaria ciliata. The cave is 

 difficult of access, and the ascent from it to the top of the mountain 

 very much so. The summit flat of these mountains is curiously 

 marked with deep holes descending through the bog, and to some 

 distance into the limestone. We returned across a valley called 

 Glen Gormagh, full of bog, and singularly full of deep hollows 

 between the parts of it, so as to make the walking very difficult. 

 At DrumclifF, between Sligo and Lissadell, there is a fine cross of 

 the most ancient form, and the base of a Round Tower. 



Sept. 7. Left for Derry, with Sir R. Gore Booth. Bundoran is a 

 neat watering-place near to the dirty town of Ballyshannon, at which 

 we breakfasted. Donegal is a very poor place. To the north of 

 this last town the road passes through a fine mountain valley for 

 some miles, and then enters a much improved country, which 

 continues as far as Derr)\ 



Sept. 8. As the steamer left Derry early in the morning, I was 

 unable to see anything of the town. We had a most interesting 

 sail along the coast of Ireland, by the Giant's Causeway, Fair Head, 

 etc., and by the aid of the captain's glass, saw every place very 

 completely. We reached Campbelltown, on the Mull of Cantire, in 

 the evening, and immediately went on board Sir Robert's yacht, 

 the " Gleam," of thirty tons. 



Sept. 9. Sailed up the estuary by Arran to Loch Gilphead on 

 Loch Fyne, with a favourable wind, and a fine day. On board are 

 Mr. James and Mr. Wentworth Gould, brothers-in-law to Sir Robert. 



Sept. 10. This day was spent in passing through the Crinan 

 Canal, which is conducted through a very interesting country. It 

 now blows hard. 



* Now cristata. 



