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of St. Patrick, witli gorgets, bracelets, and brooclies. It is recorded 

 tliat at tlio Dublin Exliibition of 1853, more tlian 60,000 objects of 

 antiquity ^vere collected togetlier. There is, also, a model of what 

 niiglxt be almost termed a fossil lioiise, discovered l^cneatb Drnnikelin 

 bog, in tlie county of Donegal, witli its patlivray of ilags, and tlie roots 

 of tlic trees tliat sheltered it, and tlie marks of the "woodman's tool on 

 its timbers. Yet all around, above, and within this dwelling was a 

 solid mass of bog ; for it was sixteen feet belovv^ the surflxco. There 

 arc some magnificent specimens of the majestic, but extinct, Irish Elk, 

 Merjaceros Hihernicus, to be seen at the College. The antlers of some 

 skeletons of this gigantic deer are more than nine feet in expanse ; 

 and these creatures stood, v.dien living, ten feet four inches in height, 

 and then' length, in proportion, was ten feet ten inches ; while that of 

 the American moose-deer is but six feet. 



The Botanic Gardens at Glasneviii are well worth, a visit, and wo 

 shall long remember the lovely faces we beheld on the occasion of the 

 fete given to the members of the British Association. There arc some 

 matcliless specimens of the Killarney fern, Trichoinanes radlcans, the 

 property of Mr. Moore, the Curator, which are valued at a fabulous 

 price. The traveller would do well to ask to be allowed to sec these 

 specimens, as it is very improbable that he will meet with any at Kil- 

 larney, the Tricliomanes having been nearly eradicated by over-selfish 

 collectors. 



The geology of the Dublin district is of great interest, and we 

 recommend excursions to Howth, Ireland's Eye, and Lanibay Island ; 

 ljut let every geologist first j^rovide himself vith a reduced copy of 

 Sir E. Griffith's Geological Ma,p of Ireland, which may be purchased 

 for a few shillings at Forster's, 2 Crow Street, Dublin. 



Mr. Du lioyer directed our attention to a remarkable junction of 

 slate and granite at Killiney Hill. Veins of granite and eurite here 

 traverse the granite and slates j l3ut the interstratification of the slates 

 with the granite is merely in appearance, for the slates are caught up in 

 the granite, and are not really interstratified. 



On the Irish Cambrian deposits v/e have a few words to say. We 

 visited Bray Head, with its " Oldliamia schists," in company vath 

 several good geologists and pleasant companions, and v^^ere conducted 

 b}^ that veteran geologist, Mr. John Kelly, to the best localities for 

 obtaining good specimens of those ancient zoophytes which lie there 

 in thousands, bedded in the rocks, ^yhich arc mostly covered by the 



