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July 20. A very wet day. At Dingle I became acquainted 

 with Dr. Williams and Mr. Thomas Eagar. 



July 21. Left for Tralee and Killarney, which latter place I 

 reached in the evening. 



July 22. Walked to the Gap of Dunloe, and after a great deal 

 of trouble, found Saxifraga hirsuta{'\) under detached rocks near the 

 upper small pool only. On my return called upon Mr. M. J. O'Con- 

 nell at Grena, and saw him and his father John O'Connell, with both 

 of whom I was much pleased. 



July 23. Went to Kenmare, and spent the day with Dr. Taylor 

 at Dunkerron. 



July 24. Returned in the morning to Killarney, and proceeded 

 by the coach to Limerick, where I spent the following day, being 

 Sunday. 



July 26. Ascended the Shannon by the steamer to Shannon 

 Harbour, but unfortunately the day was very wet, so that I did not 

 see the most distant views. I had intended to have stopped at 

 Portumna to hunt for Teitcrium Scordiiim, but was prevented by 

 the wet. 



July 27. By the canal to Dublin ; a most uninteresting route. 



July 28. In Dublin with Mr. Moore and Mr. Mackay. At 

 10.30 p.m. left by steamer for Liverpool, and arrived there the next 

 morning at 9.30. The next evening started by the "Achilles" 

 steam-ship for Glasgow at 8.30, and arrived there after a rough 

 passage at 8 p.m. the next day, July 30. 



July 31. Reached Edinburgh, and took up my quarters at Dr. 

 J. H. Balfour's, 15, Dundas Street. Went to Granton Pier to see 

 W. H. Campbell off for London, and dined there. 



Aug. 1. Sunday. Heard the Rev. Mr. Binney. 



Aug. 2. Went to the college to see the conferring of the M.D. 

 ■degree, which is done by putting a round cap upon the head of each 

 of the candidates. At 3 p.m. left for Glasgow, and arrived there so 

 as to join the party that was going to the Hebrides. Dined and 

 spent the evening with Professor Thompson, M.D., who remembers 

 my father as a student at Edinburgh. 



Aug. 3. The names of the party to the Hebrides are : J. H. 

 Balfour, W. Marshall, C. C. Babington, R. M. Blamey, R. T. Hole, 

 Henry Hinson, James James, and W. F. Mactier. We slept at the 

 ^' Clyde" Hotel, and went on board the "Shandon " steamer at 5 a.m. 

 At the Crinan Canal changed to a swift boat, and again on board a 

 steamer, the "Brendon," for Oban. The vessel was so full of 

 passengers as to make it inconvenient to move about. At Oban 

 again changed into the "Toward Castle." . . . Reached Tobermory 

 in Mull at about 11 p.m., after a very pleasant day's voyage. 



