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occairs a 001151(161111)16 deposit of pip6-clay, though, of a veiy impTire 

 sandy natiire. It is at least 12 feet ^vide, extends to the summit of 

 the cliff, and is neaidy Tertical." 



(p. 109.) — ^^ Bloody Foreland District. — Deep deposits of boulder 

 clay, often covered by several feet deep of peat, are seen in section in 

 the cliffs of Bloody Foreland, and the coast lying to the east. The 

 face of the cliffs is often cut by naiTO'n' gullies, Tvorn by small 

 streams, which become s-n^ollen in rainy seasons. Large blocks, fallen 

 from the boulder clay, sometimes strew the shore, one of which, close 

 to Meenlaragh, composed of granite was found to measure about 

 15 feet by 12 feet by 9 feet." 



(p. 110.) — "Deposits of peat occur at several points along the 

 coast, which lie whoUy or in part below high- water level, such as 

 north of the Gweebarra E. near Dooey Hill, and south of the estuary 

 at the Black Strand." 



(p. 111.) — "A peat deposit, evidently grown in situ, has been 

 observed below high-water mark on the ocean side of Inishfi-ee Island 

 on its south side. Fragments of peat, washed up by the waves when 

 more than usually large, strew the Leabgarrow sti'and on the east 

 side of Ai-anmore, and the peasantry speak of the possibility, not veiy 

 long since, of crossing to Eutland Island at low water. 



"This seems, therefore, strong evidence for a recent submergence 

 of the land to some extent, ilr. Harte in his Paper (Joum. E.oy. 

 Dub. Soc, Dublin, vol. i., pp. 25-27) speaks of ' forests that are 

 Tinder the sea ' which ' may be very extensive.' " 



(p. 112.) — " Eemains of peat bogs, now covered by the tide, 

 frequently occur along the coast, at Ballyness Bay near Falcarragh, 

 Gortahork, and Ards Point. This submergence constitutes proof of 

 depression of the land during a recent period. 



'■'■ BungJoe District. — Large accumulations of drifted sand ai'e to 

 be met with at several points along the coast, frequently forming 

 dunes, as at the mouth of the Gweebarra Eiver. The drifting sand 

 has been disastrous to a village which formerly constituted an impor- 

 tant fishing- station on the east side of Eutland Island. The sand now 

 almost covers the desolated habitations. 



" ((2fote.) — Mentioned by the late Lord George Hill in the second 

 part of his elaborate ' Hints to Donegal Tourists ' (1846-7). Eutland, 

 his Lordship stated, was a green island until forty years before the 

 date of his publication (1806-7), was then a militaiy station with 

 'good houses' and ' quite a gay place.' ") 



(p. 113.) — "In Skull Island (Inishcoole) human remains lie 



