2O4 Alexander Goodman More. [ises- 



fish the Rock-pools and turn over the stones. But " Rock 

 Pigeons flying about," " a fine male Hen Harrier close to 

 Dingle," and " five Ravens flying together in the Coomb 

 looking to Brandon," were sights to rejoice the eye. On 

 the fifth day they again tried the water. 



(July 31 st.} Light wind, west. Sailed out about io to Ventry 

 Harbour, and dredged with both dredges, net and canvas, on a sandy 

 bottom. The first dredge came up full of Ophiurus, two species ; 

 Hermit Crabs, two or three small Soles, young of Wrasse, a few Worm 

 Pipe-fish, Aporrhais pes-pelecani, two or three specimens of an orange- 

 coloured sponge, Common Prawn, and a few dead and broken shells ; 

 a fine Swimming Crab (Portunus marmoreus), some Spider Crabs, 

 young Gobies, &c. Afterwards tried one haul on gravelly bottom 

 outside Ventry Harbour and got scarcely anything. 



On August ist " the chief capture of the day was a 

 living specimen of Caryophyllea Smithii (a rare coral) 

 attached to a stone taken up at the mouth of the harbour ; 

 and a fine set of Comatula rosacea, young and old, were 

 taken up at the same place, the young stalked specimens 

 all attached to a large Laminaria, and the zoophytes upon 

 it." The 2nd (Sunday) was " a very fine bright day," and 

 a beautiful drive took him to Castle Gregory by Connor 

 Hill, where grew " by the roadside, under a damp rock, 

 Sibthorpia europaea." On Monday they drove to Ferriter's 

 Cove, and found the tide too high. " There is here a 

 curious raised beach, forming a stratum seven or eight feet 

 above present high water, and containing recent shells 

 cemented together, as is also the calcareous sand above 

 them. Where exposed their brescia forms a hard and 

 nearly solid mass, but on digging in for six or eight inches 

 we found it quite soft and friable. Returned by head of 

 Smerwick Harbour, over a wide sandy beach, which over- 

 lies a bog. The peat is left bare at low water, and in one 

 of the holes we found a number of sprats." Some of the 

 sprats thus obtained were added to the Museum collec- 

 tion. 



On Tuesday (August 4th) a search <4 along both sides 

 of the mouth of the harbour in the rock-pools and caves " 

 produced " a few Chitons under the stones, Prawns and 

 Hippolyte in net, Sponges on the sea-grass, Blennies and 



