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and luxuriance of the vegetation, peer into the dark recesses in 

 search of the less conspicuous plants. Others, with net in hand, 

 are bent on making captures in the insect world, while the 

 photographers of the party? with their array of cameras of all 

 sizes, have sufficient scope for all their available plates, and 

 enough to occupy their attention in choosing the best views 

 and finding their ways to them ; warm work under such cir- 

 cumstances this highly popular department seems to be. Still 

 proceeding downward, other picturesque waterfalls are reached, 

 one of which, with a double bound plunging into a dark chasm, 

 is only seen at its best by the more active of the party, who 

 venture down to the bottom of the rocky stream bed. Even- 

 tually the greater number of the party find their way in small 

 detachments to the " meeting of the waters," where the Glena- 

 riff and the Inver streams join. Near this point is another fine 

 cascade. Both stream courses are richly wooded, and the view 

 from the higher ground, looking over the many-tinted foliage 

 and down the wide valley, with its steep and rugged sides, is 

 very fine. There are several fine falls on the Inver water, and 

 on the northern side of the glen are others, where side streams 

 join, but they must be left for another day. All were loud in 

 their praises of the beauty of the scene, while several who had 

 '•done" all the attractions in the Isle of Man were strong in 

 their assertions that the best glen in that highly-advertised 

 holiday resort will not bear comparison to Glenariff. 



The botanists of the party had perhaps most to show for the 

 day's work. The locality was long since known for the rich flora 

 to be found there, as is seen by the notes of the late Mr. Temple- 

 ton. About the latter end of the last century the father of local 

 botany was in the habit of visiting this rocky glen, and he fre- 

 quently quotes the name Glenarve as the station for some rare 

 wild-flower or fern. The most striking feature in the botany 

 of this spot is, without doubt, the great luxuriance of its vege- 

 tation. None of the glens in the Mourne Mountains, though 

 so far to the south, can compare in this respect with Glenariff. 

 Hawkweeds are abundant on the damp rocks, and three species, 



