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Galium horeale, IFieraciwn iricum, Lychnis diurna, Pulicaria dysenterica, 

 Geranium sanyuineum, Eiqjatorium cannaMnum, Huhus saxatilis, and 

 Ayrimonia eupatorium; "while . C«r/m« mdyaris, Arah's hirswfa, and 

 Geranium lucidum were found more sparingly. Crifhmum maritimum, 

 JEleocharis faudflora, and Asplenixmi ruta-miiraria, also occur ; and in 

 tte swampy ground at the inner edge of the point Carex riparia was 

 found in one wet place near a cottage below E,abley Hill. This point 

 has not been previously noticed by botanists. 



Although not occurring on this point, I may mention here the 

 most interesting species which occur along the northern shore of Done- 

 gal Bay. At the extreme western point (Rathlin O'Beirne's Island) I 

 found Statice occidentalis ; and travelling east and south at various 

 points, given subsequently, occur Adiantum capillus-veneris, Sayina 

 sulidata, Saxifraya oppositifolia, Sedum rhodiola, OpMoyloastim lusitani- 

 cum, Statice hahusiensis, Blysmus rufus, Elymus arenarius, and Vicia 

 syhatica. 



SuEVE League. 



This mountain, long celebrated amongst lovers of cliff scenery, has 

 not hitherto been searched by anyone accustomed to seeking for alpine 

 plants. The only record I find in the Cylele Siiernica is that of 

 " Scdix herlacea, 1800 feet to the top, Slieve League," which is taken 

 from Dickie's Flora of Ulster. In More's S^ipplement thi'ee further 

 records appear ; two from Mr. Dunlop, Saxifraya ai%oides and Asple- 

 nium viride, from the north side, and Adiantum capiillus-i-eneris from 

 the cliffs of Slieve League, where it was first found by the Eev. 

 Lucius O'Brien. 



Slieve League is 1972 feet high at its highest point. The summit 

 is west of the centre of a ridge of maritime cliffs, extending about 

 three miles from north-west to south-east, towering above the sea on 

 the south face, and sinking swiftly away in heather and bog on the 

 inland side. The sea cliffs are by no means sheer throughout. I 

 have climbed them in all directions, from end to end, and from the sea 

 to the summit ; but in many places there are walls of cliff of great 

 height rising straight up fi'om the ocean, and of the most gorgeous 

 colouring. There is a track to the sea at one place between the 

 Eagle's Nest and the One Man's Pass. While scrambling along the 

 sea face I came on this track amongst the steep heather, bracken, and 

 bear-berry, and a bare-foot priat induced me to follow it to the water's 

 edge. Considerably above the sea the track had disappeared, but I 

 could still notice footholds on the almost vertical rock, and finally 

 appeared an old man and a little boy emerging from the ocean brink. 

 They were loaded with samphire, which they eat as they rested in 

 their climb, and were vastly surprised at my appearance — the only 

 stranger they had ever seen there, and they besought of me to go no 

 further with my boots on ! I have never before found the peasants 

 using raw samphire as food. Boiled with milk it is supposed to cure 

 a cough. This track is called Thone-na-culliagh, 



