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" Britannia rules the wave ! " 

 Oh ! vain and impious boast ; 

 Go, mark ! presumptuous slaves, 

 Where He who sinks or saves, 

 Scars the sands with countless graves 

 Round your coast. 



The little harbour at Port Salon, at the foot of the hotel 

 lawn, was reached at two o'clock, and no time was lost in 

 getting into this comfortable home, where Miss Barton soon 

 made all feel happy and contented. After an early dinner, the 

 different points of interest were mentioned by the Rev. A. H. 

 Delap, the local rector, who kindly placed himself as guide at 

 the disposal of the members, and during the visit rendered 

 assistance in many ways. The Seven Arches were examined, 

 and afforded delight not only to the geologists, who were 

 numerous, but to all who saw them towering up out of the sea, 

 and worn into fantastic shapes by marine erosion in the 

 quartzites, the common rock of this district. The great arch 

 at Doaghbeg was then visited, being the finest rock feature 

 on the coast, and here a halt was called whilst some collected 

 geological specimens, and others shells, and all rested on the 

 slopes overlooking Lough Swilly and the opposite rock-bound 

 coast of Innishowen, with Slieve Snaght towering up in its 

 midst. Nine o'clock had arrived before the hotel was reached 

 for tea, and even after that meal the young enthusiasts had a 

 boat provided, and rowed around the headland close to the 

 hotel, and into the gloomy depths of a great sea-cave, where 

 the few candles only went to heighten the gloom and frighten 

 the fish, who were doubtless unaccustomed to such visitors, at 

 such an hour. The whole district around Port Salon is a rich 

 one for the conchologists. Next morning when the ordinary 

 members came down to an eight o'clock breakfast they were 

 surprised to find that many had returned from a plunge off the 

 neighbouring rocks, whilst some of the geologists had chartered 

 a car at six o'clock to visit some contorted rocks at the far side 

 of the bay. After breakfast all got ready for the walk to 



