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granular quartz. In the lower parts of the district there are several 

 lakes. 



The climate is very mild, there being hut little frost or snow in 

 winter ; but, as might he expected from the situation of the locality, 

 it is very moist, rains being both heavy and frequent, and storms of 

 great violence often sweeping over the region from the westward. 

 Vegetation flourishes well, owing to the mildness of the climate, a 

 good example of which is the fact that palms and other exotics grow 

 well in the open air in the grounds of General Clive at Claggan, 

 in the southern part of the district. Trees of various kinds flourish 

 in the valleys, and wherever sheltered from the prevailing winds. 

 In the valleys among the mountains, the red deer used, at one time, to 

 be met with in some numbers, but, witliin the past forty years, they 

 have become quite extinct. Wild fowl, in great numbers, visit the 

 lakes and coast-line in the winter-time, among them wild swans, 

 which principally frequent Lough Fahey, near the coast. The- 

 number of the smaller wild animals is very considerable. 



III. — Antheopogeapht. 



1. Methods. — The modes of measurement and of taking observa- 

 tions were precisely the same as those employed in the visit to the 

 Mullet district in 1894, the observation forms and nigrescence cards 

 were also of the same patterns ; as all these have been described in 

 previous reports, they need no further mention here. 



The instruments employed were those used in the other surveys, 

 with one exception, a " Trinity " tripod camera of " half -plate " size, 

 made by Messrs, Curtis Bros., of Suffolk-street, Dublin. This instru- 

 ment, which is very light, strong, and compact, did its work well, 

 and stood a good deal of rough handling, without suffering in the 

 least. The "Trinity" hand-camera by the same makers, which did 

 good work the previous year, continued to do well, though the 

 weather was not very suitable for " snap-shot" work, and the braud 

 of plates used was not quite satisfactory. The value of a hand- 

 camera for field-w'ork, as an aid to, or substitute for the heavier and 

 more slow tripod stand-camera can hardly be overrated, as it can be 

 employed for taking the portraits of persons who cannot be induced 

 to get photographed by the other instruments, and it can also be used 

 on very rough ground or in high winds, where the other camera could 

 not be kept steady ; for objects in motion, and local customs or occu- 

 pations, it is invaluable. The chief difficulties met with were : the 



