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the mountain the force of the wind was very great, and the 

 haze unfortunately obscured the more distant portions of the 

 glorious panorama of sea and land that spread out on all sides, 

 so that the descent of the southern side was commenced. Near 

 the base of the mountain the botanists obtained the pretty 

 grass of Parnassus {Parnassia palustris) and the water figwort 

 {Scrophularia aquatica). The party all collected at DrumclifT, 

 where stands a round tower, now sadly the worse for the ravages 

 of time, and two ancient crosses. These were duly honoured by 

 the photographers, after which a rapid drive brought the party 

 to Sligo, where the appearance of a procession ol eleven machines, 

 coming on the eve of a parliamentary election, produced 

 no little sensation. Dinner was in readiness at the Imperial 

 Hotel, and the members subsequently dispersed for a stroll 

 through the streets, where they gathered a favourable impression 

 of Sligo, which is a neat and flourishing town, with handsome 

 public buildings which may well vie with any town of its size in 

 the north-east, and shows no sign of the stagnation and decay 

 that one sometimes hears of as characterising the western Irish 

 towns. The beautiful ruins of the Dominican Abbey of the 

 Holy Cross were especially the centre of attraction to the Club 

 members, and darkness had set in ere the last of them returned 

 to the hotel. Several members had elected to take a more 

 extended walk than was offered by Ben Bulben alone, and were 

 enthusiastic over the beauties of Glencar, while a member who 

 visited the King's Mountain returned with a good supply of 

 the extremely rare plant Arenaria ciliaia, which he described 

 as plentiful there. 



The third morning dawned even finer than the two preceding. 

 Probably the earliest party astir were a number of young mem- 

 bers, who, failing to get accommodation at the Imperial Hotel, 

 elected to sleep in a tent kindly lent by Mr. Plunkett, which 

 was pitched in a grassy field above the town. They were off 

 at five o'clock to visit the celebrated stone monuments of 

 Carrowmore, three miles south-west of Sligo, whence they 

 returned, having seen as many cromleacs and stone circles in an 



