54 Alexander Goodman More. [1354 



Burren, rounding Black Head, and giving us quite a grand 

 view of the mountain-side, very stony, to be sure, but in 

 some places patched with green. This was, perhaps, the 

 most enjoyable part of our whole trip, the water often 

 within a few yards, and on the other side the mountain 

 rising quite suddenly. We found Saxifraga hypnoides, 

 like a little to hirta, and the Cystopteris." 



[" But, alas (he adds later) we missed the great prize ; for, 

 under our feet, and only across the road where we alighted 

 to gather asplenium, a little nearer the water, was pro- 

 bably growing that lovely fern, the maidenhair. Had I 

 seen Newman before this trip, we had not passed without 

 a good search, at least."] 



"27th. Continued our way, seeing many old castles, and 

 with an indistinct view of Connemara in the distance. At 

 a part of the road, half way up one of the Burren hills, we 

 had an excellent prospect, reaching to Galway (and, I 

 believe, Castle Taylor, too). At the road-side, F. spied 

 out Nepeta cataria of gigantic dimensions, Orobanche 

 rubra, a thyme, and Festuca rubra. After visiting the 

 * Holy Well/ where the water is wonderfully cold, we 

 followed a foot-path, some three miles over the spur of the 

 mountain, to Corcanroe Abbey, a ruin of some interest ; 

 we were especially struck with the angular ornaments of 

 the chancel roof, and the capitals of several of the pillars 

 were well carved. They showed the tomb of King - , 

 reported to have been represented as a true Irishman, 

 with a pipe ! in his hand, of which the traces are still 

 pointed out. At Kinvarra we saw Coronopus didyma 

 plentifully, also Carduus tenuiflorus, and reached Castle 

 Taylor about 6 o'clock in the evening." 



A visit to Hollymount, Co. Mayo (August ist loth), 

 concluded this summer's botanizing so far as Ireland was 

 concerned. At Hollymount he gathered several species 

 new to him, and was shown some interesting rarities, 

 especially enjoying a day's botany on the banks of Lough 

 Carra. But, perhaps, nothing seen during this summer 

 left a more abiding impression than the majestic view 

 from the Cliff of Moher. Two years .later, in a letter 



