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The scenery along here is delightful, and one obtains an exten- 

 sive prospect of coast and sea at the point of Hook. There is a 

 feeling of remotenesss and loneliness about this oddly-left streak 

 of rooks which one hardly expected to find in the county of Wex- 

 ford, and which is rather heightened by that monstrous uninhabited 

 palace, Loftus Hall — an edifice which the natives maintain is "the 

 largest in the kingdom, except one in London"; and, judging 

 from appearance, they may not be far astray. For four miles this 

 point is about half or three-quarters of a mile in width, utterly 

 exposed, and unable to produce timber except the lowest scrub. 

 The soil is of the poorest description, and harbourage for boats 

 there is none. A few cottagers and fishermen exist, and here 

 stands the largest palace but one in the kingdom ! I heard it 

 had been once visited, but never inhabited, by its owner. About 

 Churchtown Senebiera didyma was again observed, and along the 

 coast S. coronojms formed the sward in many places. At the Point 

 Crithmum maritimum and Aster t'ripolium abound. Near a limekiln, 

 on the water side of the Point, I gathered Atriplex littoralis, Ero- 

 diuni maritimum, and Cochlearia danica. About half a mile north of 

 the lighthouse. Inula crithmoides ceases to grow. Stafice occidentalis 

 was not seen past the Point. About a mile and a-half north of the 

 Point, immediately below Loftus Hall on the west side, I found a 

 single patch of Trifolium fragiferum. This is the only place I met 

 with this species in the county, and there must be some mistake in 

 the record in the " Eecent Additions," " common near the sea, in 

 Wexford." Perhaps it should stand near the town of Wexford ? 

 It may occur in the Waterford or Wexford estuaries, which I 

 hardly botanized, but is certainly not common. A few miles 

 further brought me well into the Waterford estuary, and I found 

 no plants of interest. On the supposition that I was nearing a 

 large town, and in places easy of access and well explored, I aban- 

 doned the coast from Duncannon to Tramore. Along the road- 

 side, a little south of Duncannon, I noticed Helminthia echioides, 

 Chlora perfoliata and Juncus glaucus ; and at Duncannon Salvia 

 verhenaca, Dipsacus sylvestris, Pastinaca sativa, and Senebiera didyma. 

 This is a second locality for Helminthia echioides, a rare plant not 

 previously noticed in the district. 



Having crossed the estuary from Ballyhack to Passage by 



