explanation of the plates. 
''PLATES 6, 7 , 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. 
In Illustration of Mr-, Weaver’s paper on the Geological relations of the East 
of Ireland, 
Plate 6 contains. 
No. 1. View of the small range of hills near Kildare, taken from the Curragh, 
about If mile from the town* The range is elevated from £00 to 300 feet 
above the surrounding country. 
No. 2. Circular view from the summit of Dunmurry hill, one of the above 
mentioned range, from whieh may be perceived a great part of the field of 
inquiry; the whole range of mountains on the east being presented to 
observation, from the vicinity of Dublin on the north to Brandon hill on 
the south, in which direction the prospeet is terminated by the coal country, 
and on the west by the Slieve Bloom mountains ; while to the north the 
view expands over the flat central part of Ireland, interrupted in that quar- 
ter only by Croghan hill in the King’s county, by the straggling hills of 
Westmeath, and the more extended range of the Cavan hills beyond. 
Plate 7 contains, 
No. 3. A view taken from the western borders of the Killenaule coal district, above 
Littlefield, extending from the Slieve Bloom on the north, through the 
Devil’s Bit, to the Bilboa mountains on the south ; and more immediately 
south of the spectator are seen the last portions of the Killenaule coal 
district, spreading towards Cashel, with a part of the Gaultees mountains 
beyond. 
No. 4. A view from the northern brow of Pallis hill, in the county of Limerick, 
exhibiting the Bilboa mountains on the north, with the mountains of the 
county of Clare beyond the Shannon on the west, and Slievenaman on the 
east. 
No. 5. A view from the south-eastern side of the same hill, of the noble range 
of the Gaultees mountains, stretching from Caher on the east towards 
Charleville on the west ; the fore ground being partly occupied by the trap 
range of Knock Rua, Knock Dirk, and Kilteely hills. 
