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at the Commissioners' disposal. Both he and Mr Jordan, 

 Nationalist Member of Parliament for South Fermanagh, ac- 

 companied them up Lough Erne. The little trip was a pleasure 

 and a surprise, a pleasure after a considerable amount of hard 

 work, and a surprise, inasmuch as it revealed beautiful spots in the 

 north of Ireland which have as yet scarcely come within the ken 

 of the tourist. On the return journey tea was served to the 

 company in the cabin of the Lady of the Lake. Thereafter, the 

 Commission had the pleasure of entertaining to dinner in the 

 Eoyal Hotel, Mr Jordan, Mr Humphreys, and Mr Whyte, 



The Northern Section was now divided into two, not to meet 



"lambton," the property of col. everard 



again until they met, their labours all but finished, in Dublin. 

 One section proceeded, accompanied by Mr Humphreys, in a 

 special train put at their disposal by the Sligo, Leitrim, and 

 Northern Counties Eailway, to Sligo. The run was through a 

 beautiful country, which some of the Commissioners thought rivalled 

 far-famed Killarney. At Sligo the party divided. One section 

 went to see the Dromahair Co-operative Creamery, where they 

 were most hospitably entertained by the Eev. J. Meehan, who 

 showed them over the creamery, and took them to see a number 

 of farms in the district ranging from 15 to 60 acres. The other 

 section drove a distance of 10 miles to Lissadel, the residence of 

 Sir Josslyn Gore- Booth. On the way they had an opportunity of 

 visiting the Drumcliffe Co-operative Creamery. At Lissadel they 

 examined Sir Josslyn's early potatoes, his bulb farm, his Shorthorn 

 and Black Angus cattle, and his poultry department. After lunch, 



