He had sent my baggage, and also provided me with a guide who would lead me across the mountains.

He taught me the password of his clan, which I was to use on certain contingencies.

The morning was fearfully wet, and we did not travel many miles before we were wet to the skin.

The circumstance was the most auspicious that could occur, as it enabled us to pass unobserved.
[Illustration: James Stephens (Circa 1867)] [Illustration: John O'Mahony (Circa 1868)] Besides this, it facilitated the task of crossing streams, which we always did precisely as if they were dry land.

One river only opposed a serious barrier to us--that, which enters Kenmare Bay.