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Willson, Kinahan, and I drove in a car to Glengariff; 

 Mrs. Jukes rode out with us for a mile or two on 

 Dolly, and two dogs were also of the party, Carlo the 

 setter, and Tommy the Scotch terrier. We dropped 

 the other men en route, and Jukes and I drove on to 

 Glengariff. It is not a town, but a tourists inn in a 

 lovely valley. It puts one in mind of Loch Lomond, 

 only the water is salt and the hills not so high. There 

 we found Sir Henry, Rose, Kendall, and Carry 

 Smyth. After shaking hands, &quot; So you ve come 

 here,&quot; quoth the Governor. &quot;Yes, I could not help 

 it!&quot; &quot; I think you might,&quot; and then he showed me 

 how it was impossible to begin Scotland ; he had no 

 objections to my going down to open the ground (not 

 to map it), but it was impossible to authorise any one 

 accompanying me, for Cardwell had said this and that 

 and the other thing. I asked him the meaning of his 

 letters urging me to go down and get something 

 published. Just at that moment a question arose 

 about Kennedy and Medlicott. Jukes and Sir H. had 

 a long discussion, during which I had ample time to 

 quiet all vestiges of rising wrath, and to arrange my 

 plan of argument, which was so effectively done, that 

 when Sir H. and I set-to again, I got him to agree 

 to everything I wanted. I go down when I please, and 

 get Aveline to follow me ! So far well, with three 

 cheers for diplomacy and honesty combined ! Sir H. 

 is more to be pitied than railed against ; for his mind 

 is far, far gone, though you would not think so under 

 ordinary circumstances. 



The few days spent with Jukes and his colleagues 

 gave Ramsay a good idea of the way in which 

 geological mapping on the six -inch scale could be 

 carried on, while at the same time it presented him for 



