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CHAPTER VIII. 



THIRD VISIT TO IRELAND (CONTINUED). 



THE next move (June 12) was to Castle Taylor. Here he 

 had not been since the summer of 1851, when he took the 

 moth which had subsequently turned out to be Zygaena 

 minos. On arriving, " I lost no time," he says, "in hunting 

 up the moth on the rock, and took a good many in the 

 rain on the i3th." It was a few days after this that he 

 " had the pleasure of making acquaintance with Mr. H. 

 Milner who had taken Zygaena minos the year before on 

 Burren ; and he was very glad to be shown the insect so 

 abundant quite close to him, as he had intended making 

 an excursion all the way to his old locality." 



During this visit to Castle Taylor (where his parents 

 also arrived before the end of June) he finished collecting 

 materials for his Paper on the local Flora. But, perhaps, 

 the most enjoyable part of the summer was a four days' 

 tour in Clare (July 24th-2yth), the account of which may 

 be given almost in extenso from his Journal. 



" Monday, July 24. Our party, composed of Captain and 

 Mrs. Taylor, Fay, Father, and self left Castle Taylor at 

 a quarter after 9 o'clock, with the most beautiful weather, 

 and glass rising; the dust having been also completely 

 laid by the late constant rain, we could not have been 

 more comfortable. 



"After passing Kilmacduagh the same loose limestone 

 prevails, only becoming still more exclusively rock and 

 less capable of cultivation ; in fact, all through what is 

 called ' Rock Forest/ the surface is very similar to the 

 most barren tracts of the Burren, and inhabited by much 

 the same plants. We looked out in vain for Potentilla 

 fruticosa; and the only plant not growing near Castle 

 Taylor was Carduus tenuiflorus, close to the boundary of 



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