1 8 Alexander Goodman More. [1350 



stood in some need of corroboration. The " very lazy 

 Fritillaries in the woods" at Castle Taylor evidently 

 aroused his admiration, and are several times referred to 

 in the Journal. During this first visit, no lepidoptera ex- 

 cept butterflies were studied, but he had already taken in 

 the earlier parts of Westwood's " British Moths." 



The evenings at Castle Taylor were devoted chiefly to 

 music; occasionally to reading: but when opportunity 

 offered, conversation on the natural history of the district 

 was always to him an irresistible attraction. Discussions 

 on the extermination of the Eagles, the progress of the 

 potato disease, supposed occurrences of the w r ild cat, the 

 alleged difference between " dog-badgers " and " pig- 

 badgers," &c., are referred to with a frequency which 

 proves how deep an interest in the country had already 

 been awakened within his mind. For the present, however, 

 Ireland with her sports and wild scenery was but a holiday 

 resort, soon to be exchanged for the routine of under- 

 graduate life. In October he took leave of his kind hosts 

 in time to repair to Bembridge for a brief space before the 

 opening of Term, and before the end of the month found 

 himself in new quarters at Cambridge. 



