EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES AND WOOD-CUTS. 



PLATES I. & II. 



Illustrate Mr. Weaver's paper on the Geological Relations of the South of Ireland : 

 p. 1 to 68. 



Plate I. 



Contains — (a.) View of the mountains on the south of the Blackwater river, extending 

 from the Neagles mountains on the east to MacGillicuddy's Reeks on the west. 

 Taken from Drumskeha, about four miles south-west from Kanturk, and three 

 miles north of the Blackwater. 

 (b.) View of mountain and hilly ranges, from the Mullaghaneesh on the east to the 

 Cahirconree on the vifest. Taken from the southern brow of the coal country, 

 about three miles north of the town of Castle Island. 



N.B. These two views (a. and b.) combined, extend through the principal 

 mountain chain in the south of Ireland. 



Sections through the South of Ireland. 



No. 1. Section from the sea at Loop Head, on the south-west, through the county of 



Clare to Lough Derg, on the east. 

 No. 2. Section from the sea at Castle Haven, through the counties of Cork and Kerry 



to the sea at Kerry Head, from south-east to north-west. 

 No. 3. Section from the river Maine (Section No. 2.), through the counties of Kerry 



and Limerick into Tipperary, from south-west to north-east. 

 No. 4. Section from the sea at Courtmacsherry Bay, through the county of Cork to 



Broadford in the county of Limerick (Section No. 3.), from south-east to north- 



west, and from north-west to north. 

 No, 5. Section from the sea at the entrance of Cork Harbour, through parts of Cork 



and Waterford to the county of Tipperary, from south-west to north-east. 

 No. 6. Section through the Dromagh Coal Field, from south to north. 



N .B. In the Sections Nos. 1 to 3, objects are, in some cases, projected on the 

 line of section, though they do not stand immediately in the line. 



