for a bit, and
then mount again to the spot where you saw the man."

It was difficult work, but at last the party reached the shore.
Lieutenant Adcock, who was himself in command of the boat, had watched
the party making their way down the rocks, and now rowed in to within
a few yards.

"Good-morning, lieutenant," Captain O'Connor said. "I think we have
got them fairly trapped; but doubtless they would have made off if
they hadn't seen you on the watch outside. It's that notorious
scoundrel the Red Captain of Galway who is, I hear, hiding here with
his gang."

"Indeed!" the revenue officer said; "that will be a capture worth
making. Shall I come ashore with four of my men? I expect they are
more accustomed to climbing about among the rocks than yours are, and
I should like to lend a hand."

"Do, by all means," Captain O'Connor replied. "I see you have got ten,
and six will be quite enough in the boat, even if they do manage to
get down and embark, which I don't think they will. Your men are all
armed, I suppose?"

"Yes; they have all carbines and cutlasses. Now, coxswain, I leave you
in charge. Row out a quarter of a mile, and if any boat pushes off you
are to stop it and arrest all on board. They will almost certainly
resist, and in that case you must use your arms. Now, the four bow
oars get out and step ashore."

When the lieutenant and his four men had landed, the boat again pushed
off, and the party on shore made their way along over the rocks at the
edge of the water until they were opposite the rock where Lieutenant
Desmond had seen the man appear. Then the ascent was commenced. The
four officers went first, the men following in a line.

"Bear a little to the left," Captain O'Connor said; "it is likely to
lie somewhere in that direction. The man we saw would have been making
toward the path and not from it. Keep a sharp lookout between these
great rocks; there is no saying where the entrance to their
hiding-place may be."

Almost as he spoke there was a sharp crack of a rifle, and the bullet
struck the rock on which he was standing.

"Come on, lads!" he shouted, "the sooner we are there the less time
they have got to fire;" and with a cheer the men hurried forward,
scrambling recklessly over the rocks. Again and again puffs of smoke
darted out from the rocks in front; and one of the soldiers fell, shot
through the heart.

"Don't stop to fire!" Captain O'Connor shouted as a yell of rage broke
from t