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Thence the route lay westward, through the village of Carney and the 

 beautiful demesne of Lissadill, to the remote district of Raghly, where a 

 halt was called beside the gaunt ruins of Ardtermou Castle. Thence the 

 Yellow Strand stretches for over a mile — a broad belt of sand backed by 

 a grand pebble-beach, behind which are dunes and wide expanses of 

 sand)' and stony ground. At the western end of the beach, the isolated 

 green hill of Knocklaue (189 feet) rises right over the Atlantic. The 

 members were soon widely scattered over the strand and grassy downs. 

 On the rocky shores, great abundance of two characteristic western 

 animals, the Purple Sea-urchin {Strongyloccntrotus lividiis), and the 

 mollusc Trochm lineaUis, were noted. Amongst insects perhaps the most 

 interesting find was the variety brevifasciata of the ladybird Cocchiella xi- 

 piinctata. This variety would seem to be a distinctly northern insect. The 

 downs were tenanted by a great profusion of the tiny Flax-seed {Radiola 

 linoides), and the RedGoosefoot {Ghenopodium riibritni) subsequently found 

 by Mrs. Leebody, represents an interesting addition to the flora of 

 District IX. of " Cybele Hibernica." But the honours of the day fell to the 

 archaeologists, in the finding of numerous Neolithic flint implements, 

 including an arrow-head, scrapers, and knives. After lunch at Ardtermon, 

 some further time was available for collecting, and at 4.0 a return was 

 made to Lissadill. Here the members were met by Sir Jossl^m Gore- 

 Booth, Bart., who directed them to the best grounds for collecting, and 

 kindly threw open his gardens. After two hours spent among the woods 

 and along the shores of Drumcliff" Bay, the conductor's whistle sounded 

 the recall, and the party left at 6.30 for Sligo. 



In the evening the usual examination and preserving of specimens 

 went on at the Town Hall. In the morning J. J. Andrew had offered a 

 prize for the best collection of Flowering Plants made during the day. 

 In the evening the judge appointed (Miss Knowles), examined and 

 reported on this competition. Five collections were sent in, and the prize 

 was awarded to Miss Helen Kidd, whose collection numbered 170 species. 



Thursday, Jui^y 14. 



At the Riverside, boats were in readiness at 9 o'clock, and a start tjes 

 made up the river for Lough Gill. The morning was dark and stormy, 

 and the wind rapidly increased as the day advanced ; it was after a long 

 and arduous hour and a half of rowing that Doonee Rock, the first halt 

 of the day, was reached. As the wind remained very high, it was decided 

 to make this sheltered and beautiful spot the head-quarters for the day, 

 and to reach Rockwood by walking, instead of by rowang, in the after- 

 noon. The forenoon was profitably spent along the shores of Lough Gill 

 and among the woods. Just after lunch, a heavy shower — the only heavy 

 rain experienced during the whole week— burst over the lake, and when 

 after half an hour the clouds at length broke, and the sun streamed out 

 gloriously, the sheets of rain had so drenched the members that about a 

 third of the party elected to work back into Sligo by road. The walk 



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