1873] In the Wilds of Err is. 243 



The night whose somewhat fatiguing adventures form 

 the subject of this extract was followed by a long day's 

 dredging in Broadhaven Bay; and here the finest prize of 

 the expedition turned up, in the shape of the huge marine 

 worm Chsetopterus insignis its first recorded occurrence 

 in Irish waters. 



On Wednesday (July 2nd) he again dredged in Broad- 

 haven, but " got caught in a gale and had some difficulty 

 in getting back to the Island." Next morning "blew a 

 gale of wind and with squalls, so that our captain refused 

 to sail"; and Friday was "again too rough for our cap- 

 tain, so drove with Mr. Carey to see the Cliffs and old 

 Fort or barrier wall of Dun-na-moe, opposite Eagle Island. 

 It is on a small scale very like Dun-Aengus in Aran 

 (Mem., Caesar Otway describes it). Choughs, Rock Doves, 

 and Gannets seen. Called on Mr. Potterton, who gave 

 me the whale snout and some baleen for the R. D. S." 

 Next day "Yacht still aground, so took a corragh and 

 dredged in Blacksod Bay with no great success, . . . 

 and got home drenched." A drive " to see the slipped or 

 burst bog" on Sunday concluded the Erris exploration. 



" Monday, July yth. Weary of waiting for fine weather 

 tried to board our yacht, but were actually driven back, as 

 the sea broke right on the bow of our corragh. So took 

 car to Geasall with Mr. Carey. Thence crossed Tullaghan 

 Ferry, and walked to Cleary's Hotel at Ballycroy. Drove 

 thence to the ferry at Cleggan, where we could not get the 

 ferry-man to turn up, though we fired lots of shots and 



shouted all in vain for an hour. Repulsed from Mr. , 



we returned at 12, to sleep (two together) in deary's 

 Coffee-room on the sofa." 



They succeeded next day in regaining Achill, and spent 

 a week in comparative quietude : botanized, fished for sea- 

 trout, and one day " rowed to the Seal-caves, and captured 

 a young shag." 



On the 1 6th of July, they sailed together to visit the 

 lonely island of Inishkea, about 8 miles north of Achill. 

 At the present time, Inishkea is perhaps chiefly remark- 

 able for her ruined church and shell-mound, and in calm 

 summer weather is often visited by tourists from Achill, 



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