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W. H. PaTTRRv'^on, B.N.F.C , said, that as suggestions had been 

 invited, he rose to make one. It was, that a list of all members and 

 visitors attending a meeting such as this, should be posted in a con- 

 spicuous position — more than that, he would suggest that a badge showing 

 at least the Club to which each member belonged, should be worn in 

 some conspicuous place — a blue badge for instance for Belfast members, 

 a green badge for their English couchological friends (laughter) and so 

 on. There were present on this excursion many members whom others 

 knew well by name, but among so large a party there was a practical 

 difficulty about identification. 



The Chairman called for other remarks or suggestions, and, there 

 being no response, he said that would be taken as an expression of 

 approval of the present management of Union affairs, and he declared the 

 nieeting terminated. 



Sunday, JuIvY loth. — The programme left members free on this day, 

 and the morning furnished a welcome respite from early starts in a broil- 

 ing sun. During the early part of the day the sun shone with a fierce 

 heat rarely experienced in Ireland, but in the afternoon a fresh cool 

 breeze sprang up, and a large section of the party started on cars at 2,30 

 to visit some local objects of interest. Taking the Kilgarvan Road, the 

 old Church of Killowen was passed, and a small cromleac and several 

 gallauns hard by were inspected. Near Cleady a grassy lane bright with 

 Bartsia viscosa led to Carrigacappeen, one of the most remarkable erratic 

 blocks in Ireland — a 30-ton boulder of Old Red Sandstone, perched on 

 the top of a 6- foot pillar of Carboniferous Limestone. Turning southward 

 now, the Rough ty River was crossed by a picturesque bridge, and the very 

 rare shell, Paludestrina Jenkinsi, was collected in the spot where it had 

 been discovered by Mr. Welch two months before. Leaving the brakes 

 and cars, the party now ascended a steep hill to where Cloghvorragh 

 stands perched above the valley — a huge block of Carboniferous Lime- 

 stone, estimated to weigh 400 tons, resting on Old Red Sandstone at an 

 elevation of 250 feet. From this point a very fine view down the Kenmare 

 River was obtained. Members then pushed on eastward for a mile and 

 inspected a group of three standing stones, on one of which an ogam 

 inscription appears. A drive along the sea-edge brought the party to 

 Slieen Bridge, where the Sheen River tumbles over reefs of slate and 

 sandstone into the clear sea-water, and a pleasant hour was spent at this 

 pretty vSpot. The old Church of Kenmare, which adjoins, was next 

 inspected, and the holy w^ell of St. Finan, down on the sea-shore. The 

 return was made by the suspension bridge. 



Monday, Jui^Y nth. — This day's work offered a complete change of 

 scene and of character. An early special train took the party from 

 Kenmare to Rathmore — a detachment being dropped on the wa}' at Loo 

 Bridge to work the promising woods and marshes there — and at Rath- 

 more cars were in readiness to conve}' the party five miles northward to 

 the scene of the great bog-burst of December, 1896. The country here 

 consists of broad ridges of Coal Measures, tilled for the most part, but the 



