152 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Tralee, going by the old road which avoids Connor Hill. It was 
so dark that we did not pick Szdthorpia, which grows along the 
road. Reached Tralee about 11 p.m. after a long and tiresome 
drive. The road winds in a remarkable way, and is by no means 
safe in a dark night ; it goes along the edges of many very steep 
banks, and the turns are often very rapid. The whole county of 
Kerry abounds in Cotyledon. 
Saturday, 21st August 1852. 
Left Tralee at 11 am., partly by coach and partly by car. 
Passed through a bleak, peaty, and uncultivated country to 
Listowel. Near Listowel there is a fine property of the Knight 
of Kerry (Fitzgerald). There is also one belonging to a Mr. 
Palmer called Banmore, which might be made very productive 
and beautiful. 
The fine river of the Fale passes Listowel, and we crossed it 
by a good bridge. At Listowel the car party got a new car and 
proceeded to Tarbert, where we had lunch, thence coach and car. 
Went to the moveable pier which conveys the passengers to a 
moored pier, whence they embark on board the steamers on the 
Shannon. The Shannon is a noble expanse of water below 
Limerick, but its banks are very tame and uninteresting. It 
does not exhibit the beautiful scenery of the Clyde. 
We reached Limerick about 8 p.m. and took up our quarters 
in Cruise’s Hotel, Grey Street. 
Monday, 23rd August 1852. 
At 6 a.m. party of five went by coach to Killaloe, distant 12 
Irish miles from Limerick. Mr. Sibbald left the party here and 
returned home. Our drive was through an undulated country, 
and the roads were often steep and the turns sharp so that we 
were nearly overturned by our bad driver. Some of the baggage 
was shaken off, while we escaped. Another car which started at 
the same time with us and which was driven equally badly broke 
down at Ballina Lodge, so that we had to wait some time for the 
passengers and baggage at Killaloe. Went on board the steam- 
boat on the Shannon and sailed about 9. The scenery on this 
upper part of the Shannon, and especially of Lough Derg, is 
