CLIMBING IN THE BRITISH ISLES.
[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SVECTATOR.1
SIR,—Your article on "Climbing in England," in the Spectator of July 7th, seems to show that climbing for climbing's sake is becoming a recognised sport at home, as well as abroad'. It may, perhaps, be interesting to mention—a fact which is probably but little known to Englishmen—that Ireland affords nany opportunities for this sport. On the hills of Kerry, especially the Reeks, Brandon, and the hills round the Black Valley, Glenoar, and Glenbeigh, there is as good rook- climbing to be had as in Switzerland. The cliffs which skirt the whole western coast of Ireland, from the extreme north to the very south, would also provide the climber with almost unlimited opportunities of practising his muscles and testing, Beatymena, County Antrim, July 10th.
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