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the other at Mayfield, about three miles from the noble and exten- 
sive demesne of Curraghmore, the seat of the Marquis of Water- 
ford. But the brow of the range of hills, which lines the Suire on 
the south, exhibits mostly clay slate rock, supporting higher up 
more or less extended caps of sandstone, the strata of which are 
usually gently curved or arched near the top, but present a more 
rapid inclination, where they are abrupted on the north and the 
south. The border of sandstone below, adjacent to the vale, dips 
still more rapidly. On the south side of the road, which leads 
from Clonmell toward Dungarvan, we perceive this rock resting 
uuconformably on clay slate, the latter ranging east and west, and 
dipping 65° south, while the sandstone dips 40° toward the north, 
and underlies the limestone, which inclines also toward the same 
quarter. And at Portlaw, about two miles from Curraghmore, the 
sandstone rests in a conformable position upon clay slate, both 
rocks ranging 25° west of north and east of south, and dipping 
75° toward the north of east. This sandstone border is commonly 
fine grained, but the caps above abound more in conglomerate, in 
which fragments of clay slate and quartz are the prevailing in- 
gredients. 
The clay slate base to the south of Carrick appears to range in 
general 25° north of west and south of east, and to dip 7 5° toward 
the west of south. From these hills we have an interesting view 
of the broken ridges of the Monavoullagh mountains, (frequently 
also called, the Cummeragh,) in which the horizontal arrangement 
of the sandstone strata is very distinct, even at a considerable dis- 
tance, particularly when partially covered with snow, for being very 
abrupt and precipitous in several places on this side, the dark faces 
of the broken ledges of rock are strongly contrasted with the bright 
white lines of the snow, which rests upon them. The same dispo- 
