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visited the beach, and collected sea-weeds and shells, including the 

 Trochus lineatus, which was very abundant; and returning to town, 

 visited the Roman Catholic Church, and took etchings of M 'Swine's 

 tomb- stone, with its elaborate carving, and characteristic Irish 

 interlaced work. After breakfast the whole party left the hotel, 

 thoroughly satisfied with the courtesy and attention of Mr. Ccane 

 and his civil assistants, and, with a hearty cheer, started for Carrick. 

 A very rugged road gave frequent opportunities of examining the 

 rocks, &c, along the route, and a number of specimens were col- 

 lected, including conglomerates, sandstone, and carboniferous 

 limestone, the latter containing the usual fossils — encrinites, corals, 

 and good specimens of Productus giganteus, &c, &c. After passing 

 Kilcar (which the driver said should have been called " killhorse," 

 owing to the roughness of the roads), a few miles brought us to 

 Carrick, the chief town of an extensive district of county, belong- 

 ing to Messrs. Musgrave, of Belfast, one of whom is a respected 

 member of the Naturalists' Field Club. This circumstance made 

 the party feel quite " at home " at Carrick, and if there was any 

 difficulty in feeling so, that difficulty was completely removed by 

 the generous hospitality of Messrs. Musgrave and their lady friends 

 at Carrick Lodge, who gave us a thoroughly hearty reception, 

 entered into the spirit of our mission, and did everything that 

 a friendly heart could dictate, or a generous hand accomplish for 

 the comfort, enjoyment, and information of the several members 

 of our large party. No time was lost in preparing for a visit to the 

 coast. Our conductor had cars to meet us from Mallinmore, and 

 Messrs. Musgrave had some ponies and guides to help us, and 

 accompanied the party themselves, passing along the bank of a wild 

 mountain stream, lined with groves of the Osmunda fern, and having 

 a rocky rapid fall extending for a considerable distance, broken 

 here and there by deep pools, where many a salmon is captured 

 on its inland journey from the sea. Even here, in the wilds of 

 Donegal, are the evidences of abortive efforts to develop the in- 

 dustral resources of Ireland. Hard by the banks of the rapid flow- 

 ing river stands a furnace in which the bog iron ore, so plentiful 

 about here, was at one time smelted with peat, but failed in one 



