32 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



"Drifting sands" is the universal general term for such accumu- 

 lations as are found in the shifting sands off the south-east Irish 

 coast. (See the old and the new editions of the " Pilot Directions ".) 



There seem now to be only three Sheets for sale that show the 

 " Beaufort's Dyke" so named: — East Ireland, Sheet 45 ; Chart No. I., 

 Irish Channel ; and, the General Chart of the British Isles. Sheet 45 

 is to be cancelled when corrected up to date. 



