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THE GEOLOGIST, 
and such is the case in Ireland, yet to this carboniferous mass of 
sandstones many of the Irish geologists would restrict the " Old E,ed 
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 uufossiliferous rocks of Kemy are the equivalents. 
Dunmore Head, the most 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. Territur's Cove, which furnishes 
abundance of Silurian fossils, is eight miles W. 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 wesL 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 
Ked ?") conglomerate resting on brownstone. There is good study for 
the geologist between Sybil Head and the east flank of Slievemiah 
Mountain, where the yellow (carboniferous) sandstone comes on ; and 
again from Erandon 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. Near 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 fiat 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 
little 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 
