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and such is the case in Ireland, yet to this carboniferous mass of 

 sandstones many of the Irish geologists would restrict the " Old Eed 

 Sandstone." We cannot agree with this arrangement, inasmuch as 

 the " Old Eed Sandstone " of Hugh Miller described the fossil fishes 

 of the tilestones, cornstones, and brownstones, of which we believe 

 those unfossiliferous rocks of Kerry are the equivalents. 



Dunmore Head, the m.ost western point of the continent of Europe, 

 is a scene full of grandeur, and from it, on a clear day, Yalentia and the 

 storm-beaten Skilligs are visible. Perritur's Cove, which furnishes 

 abundance of Silurian fossils, is eight miles IT. Yl. of Dingle ; the rocks 

 there assume the most fantastic shapes, and the human associations of 

 this wild spot with its ancient Spanish settlement, are as interesting as 

 its geological records of a Silurian ocean. At Clogher Head to the 

 south, a greenstone dyke traverses the strata, and at Doonguin, six 

 miles west of Dingle, there is some very queer physical geology. 

 Ballyoughteragh (Sybil Point), seven miles N. "W. of Dingle, 

 Ballinahow, seven miles north of Dingle, and Kinard, four miles S. E. 

 of Dingle, furnish sections with unconformable carboniferous {" Old 

 Eed ?") conglomerate resting on brownstone. There is good study for 

 the geologist between Sybil Head and the east flank of Slievemish 

 Mountain, where the yellow (carboniferous) sandstone comes on ; and 

 again from Brandon Head to Bulls Head, is the longest and most 

 instructive section of the peninsula. The mountain of St. Brandon 

 towers to the height of more than 3,000 feet over the Atlantic, and takes 

 its name from the patron Saint of Kerry. ITear Smerwich Bay, and 

 at several other places, the traveller meets with much antiquarian 

 lore in the old Christian oratories, which well repay a visit. 

 Having examined the Dingle district, we recommend the geologist 

 to journey southwards, by Killorglin, for the Macgillicuddy's Eeeks. 

 Killorglin is a dirty Irish town, and the flat country eastward consists 

 of coal-measure clays ; the carboniferous limestone cropping out near 

 the village. We took up our quarters at Breen's Hotel, at the south 

 extremity of the picturesque Lough Cara, from whence we made 

 excursions among the lakes and mountains. The traveller must not be 

 misled by the title hotel," for Mr. Breen's hostel is only a moderate 

 littlo inn, with excellent quarters for the sportsman or naturalist, who 

 will be contented with fresh fish and Kerry mutton. The scenery 

 around Lough Cara is even more beautiful than that of the far-famed 



