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himself, on the Irish coast :— The Gerona, lost at the mouth of 

 the River Bush, in Antrim ; the Valencera, in Glenagivney 

 Bay ; the Duquesa Santa Ana, in Loughrosmore ; the Juliana 

 and La Via, also in Donegal ; the San Juan de Sicilia, on the 

 Sligo coast ; the Rata Encoronada, in Blacksod Bay ; El 

 Gran Grin, on Clare Island ; the Falco Blanco Mediano, in 

 Connemara ; and Nuestra Senora de la Rosa, in the Blasket 

 Sound, County Kerry. The lecturer devoted special attention 

 to the story of the Rata and to the adventures of Captain 

 Cuellar, whose letter, recently translated from the Spanish, has 

 proved so interesting to Irish readers. 



So far as the literature of the subject was concerned, he 

 referred specially to Mr. Froude, Professor Lawton, Major 

 Hume, Mr. Allingham,and to the British, Spanish, and Venetian 

 State papers. In relating Captain Cuellar's adventures after 

 his miraculous escape from drowning in the wreck of the 

 Spanish galleon on which he sailed, he told the story of his 

 wanderings through the country. He made himself very 

 agreeable to the people, and stopped for some time with 

 a certain M'Clancy. One day when sitting in the sun 

 M'Clancy's wife asked him to tell her fortune. He stated that 

 he manufactured ten thousand falsehoods, which pleased her so 

 much that all the country round were coming to him, and a 

 special guard had to be appointed to protect him from these 

 people. M'Clancy was so delighted with him that he insisted 

 upon him marrying his sister, but that was too much for the 

 Spanish grandee, and he asked to be shown the shortest way 

 to Donegal. Eventually he managed to get to Scotland and 

 round home. 



The lecturer, having referred to some relics 01 the Armada, 

 hoped in conclusion that he bad been able to give them some 

 points that would make the reading of that very interesting 

 time in Irish history a little bit more interesting. 



Professor Boas moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer. He 

 said that the admirable address to which they had listened that 

 evening was a most interesting exhibition of what he might 



