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close to it, so as to have a good view of it when under way, and 

 certainly it was a very fine sight. 



July 4. At sea all the day, as we did not reach Cork until 

 6 p.m., after a short passsage of twenty-four-and-a-half hours. 

 Went to the "Imperial" Hotel. 



July 5. Walked to Blarney by a very round-about way, and 

 gathered several plants, but none of much interest. The castle is a 

 fine ruin, and the celebrated "Stone" is certainly an odd one, but what 

 it has been I am quite unable to say. The "Groves" are well 

 worth a visit, and quite different from anything that I have seen 

 elsewhere. Walked to Blackrock in the evening with Mr. H. 

 Jordan, a gentleman of Bristol, with whom I formed a slight 

 acquaintance on the steamer. 



July 6. Went to Killarney by the coach, in the face of a 

 remarkably cold and high wind. 



July 7. I went to-day along the Kenmare road, as far as the 

 upper lake, and employed myself in the study of the Saxifrages. I 

 was much grieved to find that Lord Kenmare's gardener had quite 

 extirpated the Trichomanes in the place where I gathered it in 1835. 



July 8. Started at about 9 a.m. and went up the old road to 

 Kenmare, passing behind Turk mountain, as far as it continued to 

 ascend ; and then returning went to the top of the Turk mountain, 

 and descended through the wood to, the lake by a very diflficult 

 climb. On the ascent of the back of the mountain I found two 

 Carices, which I am unable to determine in a satisfactory manner, 

 and rather suspect one of them to be new. On the top I found 

 Pinguicula grandiflora still in flower, and also in one place (under a 

 rock near the top of the main summit, the last facing the W.N.W. 

 by N. by compass) Saxifraga elegans{1) and S. umbrosa, common on 

 the upper parts. The view of the lakes from this elevation is 

 peculiarly fine, and it well deserves a visit. The woods and slopes 

 of the mountain are quite covered with Euphorbia hiberna, which is 

 now in great perfection. 



July 9. Went to Tralee by the car, but could not get on to 

 Dingle, so walked down to Blennerville over the marshes, and found 

 Scrophularia nodosa, with pale flowers. 



July 10. Went to Dingle in the evening by the mail car, starting 

 at 6.30 p.m. and not reaching that place until 11.30. This day 

 Ensign G. Grove, 90th Regt., walked with his men to Dingle, over 

 Connor Hill, in the rain, and was nearly killed by it. 



July 11, Dingle is a nice little town, and the inn, kept by Mrs. 

 Jefcott, an excellent one. In the churchyard there is an old tomb- 

 stone of one of the Earls of Desmond, who died 1506. 



July 12. Walked to Connor Hill, a lofty mountain pass, over 

 which one of the roads to Tralee passes; the old track is most 



