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wood down to the strand; lofty mountains all round, 

 except the mouth of the bay, which is broad and 

 due east. It is the prettiest place I have seen in this 

 country, and wants nothing but English taste and 

 opulence. I thought it was hardly ever visited, but 

 found it a noted resort for bathing and dissipation, 

 and the second evening met a multitude of acquaint- 

 ances ; so next morning I packed off, and strayed 

 on to Tullymore Park, Lord Clanbrassil's, a fine re- 

 tired spot, — a mountain his lordship has planted 

 almost to the summit, a very rocky glyn with a fine 

 stream terminated by the sea. His lordship has 

 naturalized Antirrhinum Cymbalaria. It seems to 

 grow spontaneously on bridges and rocks. 



I then moved forwards to Donoghadee, to visit 

 my friend Mr. Arbuckle, who is collector there. He 

 was just gone over to Port Patrick, but expected to 

 return immediately. I waited three days, having ac- 

 quaintances, and Mr. A.'s elegant botanic garden, 

 where several plants of Veronica decussata formed 

 great bushes in the open ground, covered with profu- 

 sion of blossoms. It is strange it will hardly flower 

 here, nor at Lord Clanbrassil's at Dundalk. Growing 

 tired of waiting for my friend, I determined to join 

 him at Port Patrick ; — we sailed the same morning, 

 and crossed in the middle of the channel; so on land- 

 ing in Scotland I found myself alone. I resolved 

 however to proceed, and went the first ten miles to 

 Castle Kenedy, Lord Stair's. There is a rising ground 

 very nearly surrounded by two fine lakes, with some 

 wooded islands ; the ancient castle, burnt in the 

 year 1716, but the walls strong and good, stands 

 elevated on the summit of the ground, a fine plat- 



