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different distances, and in various places, by veins of quartz, 
and of which substances the gravelly beds at the bottom, 
where the gold is found, seem to consist. 
Large tumblers of quartz are thickly scattered over the sur- 
face of the top of the hill, under a turbary of considerable 
thickness, upon the removal of which these tumblers appear. 
I shall not take up your time in attempting to give a mi- 
nute geological description of this part of the country, as I 
have prevailed with Mr. Mills (who from his minute exami- 
nations, and practical knowledge, is so conversant with the 
mineralogy of this county), to undertake that task, which I 
am persuaded he will perform to your satisfaction. 
The gold has been found in masses of all sizes, from those of 
small grains to that of a piece of the weight of 5 ounces, 
which beautiful specimen is intended for the cabinet of a no- 
bleman, adored in this country, and not less respected by his 
friends in England, and which, I dare to say, you will shortly 
have an opportunity of seeing in London. One piece of 22 
ounces has been taken up, and which, I am told, is to be pre- 
sented to his Majesty. 
In our visit to this extraordinary place, we were most hospi- 
tably entertained by Mr. Graham, of Ballycoage, whose house 
is not more than a mile from the gold mine: from him and 
his brothers I learnt, that about 25 years ago, or more, one 
Dunaghoo, a schoolmaster, resident near the place, used fre- 
quently to entertain them with accounts of the richness of 
the valley in gold ; and that this man used to go in the night, 
and break of day, to search for the treasure; and these gentle- 
men, with their schoolfellows, used to watch the old man in 
his excursions to the hill, to frighten him, deeming him to be 
