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traditions always being particularly strong in the Club. The Club thus 
founded continued regularly to hold summer excursions and winter 
meetings, and had done so continually for fifty years. Mr. Praeger then 
gave an account of the Club's work in various domains of science. 
George Donaldson, one of the original members, followed with a series 
of reminiscences of the earlier days of the Club. William Gray (an 
ex-president), Sir Charles Brett, and W. H. Patterson, all original 
members, also spoke of the value of the Club's work. 
Brief addresses were given by the visiting delegates, congratulating 
the Club on attaining its jubilee. These were Professor James Wilson, 
delegate from the Royal Dubhn Society ; Dr. A. Smith Woodward, senior 
Secretary of the Geological Society of London ; Count Plunkett, President 
of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, and Director of the National 
Museum ; John R. B. Masefield, delegate from the North Staffordshire 
Naturalists' Field Club ; Dr. George Neilson, President of the Royal 
Philosophical Society of Glasgow ; Professor Grenville A. J. Cole, Dean 
of the Royal College of Science for Ireland, and Director of the Geological 
Survey of Ireland ; Reginald A. Smith, British Museum ; and R. M. 
Barrington, delegate from the Dubhn Naturalists' Field Club, and the 
Royal Zoological Society of Ireland. W. H. Phillips, one of the oldest 
members of the Club, was presented with an address by the President 
in recognition of his twenty -eight years' services as honorary Treasurer. 
Mr. Phillips returned thanks for the gift, which he said had taken him 
very much by surprise. 
On the motion of the President, seconded by Mr. F. A. Heron, a vote 
of thanks was passed to the visiting delegates, and this was acknowledged 
by W. H. Holt (Liverpool) and H. Overton (Birmingham). 
In the afternoon a party of the Club members and visitors, conducted 
by R. J. Welch, drove to the Giant's Ring, a very large lis with a cromlech 
in the centre, surmounting a hill a few miles south of the city. On 
arrival the party examined the rath and cromlech, and Alec G. Wilson 
gave a very interesting account of what was believed to be the origin 
of the structure. Reginald Smith, of the British Museum, speaking 
after Mr. Wilson, raised several very interesting points, and showed the 
members of the Club some hnes along which they might have 
investigations carried out. 
In the evening the delegates, members, and their friends attended a 
conversazione in the Assembly Hall. Many interesting exhibits were 
on view ; these included : — Miss Elizabeth Andrews, some rush crosses 
and harvest knots. Major R. G. Berry, West African implements and other 
objects, and the original drawings and MSS. by Edward Getty for pamphlet 
on Tory Island. W. J. Fennell, examples of art metal work of ancient 
Ireland and measured drawings of souterrains ; Thomas Luney, early 
Irish coins and medals. William Hayes, medals by Irish medallists. 
Rev. Canon Lett, flint implements. J. W. Dunlop, ancient stone imple- 
ments. Joseph Skillin, a recent find of fiint implements ; implements from 
the Bann, and unusual types ; a rare specimen showing marks of lashing for 
hafting. WiUiam Gray, photographs illustrating the character and distri- 
