rain for Mallinbeg. Indeed, throughout the trip, the party seemed 

 to despise the drenching showers we were too often favoured with ; 

 and, from the novelty of the surroundings, and the exhilarating 

 influence of the mountain and sea air, the laborious toil through 

 which we went completely lost its usual effect. 



Returning from the shore thoroughly saturated with rain, a 

 change of clothes and a good lunch prepared us for a run of some 

 eight or ten miles over Glencolumkille and the adjoining cliffs, &c. 

 Here there are many memorials of the patron saint of this locality, 

 including the saint's bed, the saint's well, and about thirteen 

 stations to which the country people resort for prayer. At six of 

 these stations there are slabs of limestone set on end, with crosses 

 cut on the surface, and all of different patterns. Having made 

 sketches and measurements of all the crosses, and visited the 

 various points of interest about the glen, the party took a long 

 walk over the cliffs and headlands, and returned to the glen by 

 the well on Craig Beefan, and arrived at Mallinmore in time for 

 dinner at eight o'clock, after enjoying a most delightful day over 

 romantic glens, open moorland, and wild coast scenery of surpassing 

 grandeur. 



Early next day we visited, sketched, and measured the several 

 cromlechs or giants' graves within walking distance of the hotel, 

 and paid a visit to the curious old mill, with its horizontal water- 

 wheel and primitive gearing ; and at noon the whole party left the 

 pleasant little hotel, so efficiently presided over by Miss Walker 

 and her relative, Miss Crawford, whose prompt, effective, and 

 cheerful attention enabled the party to enjoy their visit to this 

 remote locality with as much comfort and satisfaction as if we 

 were lounging in the fashionable resorts of holiday tourists. It is 

 to be hoped that the spirited landlord, whose energy is everywhere 

 manifested throughout the estate by sundry improvements in 

 buildings, roads, and fences, will not leave Mallinmore without 

 enlarged accommodation, so that, with the growing interest in 

 South Donegal, an increased number of tourists may never fail 

 to secure the comfort and attention enjoyed by the members of 

 the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. 



