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islands and rocks. Eagle rock is the largest of the group of small 

 islands lying north-west of Golam Head, its highest part heing 35 feet 

 above the main sea-level." 



(p. 10.) — " To the north-west is Fish Rock, always above water; 

 as is also Seal Eock, which is about half a mile to the southward. 

 Lettennullen is a wild, rugged-looking island, having irregular slopes 

 towards the south-west and south. Gorumna Island is the largest of 

 the archipelago studding the extensive estuary between Greatman's 

 and Kilkieran Bays. Between Greatman's and Cashla Bays is the 

 long, narrow promontory which separates these harbours. At its 

 southern extremity are two wild, rocky heads, between which is a 

 small cove, called Doleen Harbour, to which, when the wind is not 

 from south or south-west, small boats can resort." 



(p. 12.) — " Aran Islands. — From the north-east shores of the Aran 

 Islands the land rises in a series of cliffs or huge steps, which form 

 continuous terraces (see section, fig. No. 1), while from the summit of 

 the island there is a gradual fall south-westward, it ending, however, 

 at the sea-board in cliffs that, at the present day, are being formed by 

 the Atlantic Ocean. 



" Inishmore is Similes long, from its north-west point to Gregory's 

 Sound, and of various widths, being only half a mile wide at Port- 

 murvy, while at Kilronan it is a little more than two miles across. 

 Viewing Inishmore from the hills west of Galway town it appears to 

 be three islands. This is caused by two low valleys which extend 

 across it ; one west of Killeany Bay and the other south-west of Port- 

 murvy. The latter is so low, about 50 feet above the sea, that it has 

 been mistaken by Galway-bound ships for one of the channels into the 

 bay, for which reason it has received the name of the ' Blind Sound.' 

 Of it O'Maherty says: 'About the year 1640 (1639-5 sun-spot 

 maximum), upon an extraordinary inundation, the sea, overflowing the 

 bank, went across over the island to the north-west.' 



"(Note.) — In Mallet's list of earthquakes for 1640, there is one 

 mentioned on the 4th of April, at 3.15 a.m., felt in Prance, Belgium, 

 and Holland. Perhaps it might have been the wave resulting from 

 this seismic commotion which caused the inundation. On the 15th of 

 August, 1852, a large wave rolled in on the west coast of the island, 

 drowning fifteen persons who were fishing on the rocks." 



(p. 13.) — " At this sea cliff, on the north-west of the island, there 

 are two well-marked terraces, which, with four below them obser- 

 vable in the neighbourhood of the village of Bungowla (see fig. 1). 

 make in all eight terraces. Such terraces are not confined to the 



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