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of the country : rounding off the ruggedness of our hills, and con- 

 cealing the bare rocks under a covering of drift clay. The stream 

 that now occupies the channel seems insufficient to have produced 

 the Glynn valley, and it appears reasonable to conclude that, as 

 in the case of so many of our valleys and glens, we owe its present 

 form to the action of ice, a most efficient agent, which, long ages 

 before man had existence, was employed not only to embellish 

 our country and render it so picturesque, but also to prepare its 

 surface for that fertility by which it is now blessed. Be that as it 

 may, the Glynn is now one of those fine valleys or glens which so 

 diversify the County of Antrim, and the ramble over its winding 

 banks was most enjoyable. On taking the road again the route 

 was continued to Glenoe, a primitive village in an out-of-the-way 

 position away up in the hills. The glen at this place is very fine, 

 the wooded banks being high and precipitous, displaying good 

 sections of the chalk and basalt, and yielding several of the scarcer 

 native plants. The name Glenoe signifies the glen of the yew, 

 and is a reminiscence of a time when 



"The sacred yew, so feared in war," 



was one of our common trees. Ballynure (the place of the yew) 

 has a similar origin. The yew is now practically extinct; in the 

 wild state, in the North of Ireland ; some stunted bushes alone 

 remain on the cliffs in the North and North-west. At Glenoe 

 fine specimens were obtained of that form of the polypody named 

 Poly podium Hibemicum, also the shining cranesbill (Geranium 

 lucidum), the cow wheat ( Melampyrum pratense), and the wild 

 spinach ( Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus ). 



After visiting the waterfall, on the bank above which the church 

 occupies such a picturesque position, and electing several members, 

 the party took their departure, regretting that, owing to want of 

 time, they could not avail themselves of the kind offer of Mr. 

 Turner, to examine his extensive quarries, close to the village. 

 The day had been very fine, save one brief shower, and the pur- 

 suit of lepidoptera, though only casually attended to, was not 



