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The repairs of this structure, which have been recently executed, 

 though no doubt calculated to ensure its stability, have not by any 

 means conduced to the pieturesque, the level truncated termination 

 giving the tower a more modern aspect than it presented prior to 

 the execution of the repairs. This tower, of which forty feet now 

 remains, is one of the oldest class of these structures, being built 

 of unwrought stones, the door without tooled dressings or orna- 

 ments of any sort, and having a flat lintel. 



One mile north-east of Drumbo is FarrelFs Fort, which was 

 visited on the way to the celebrated Giant's Ring, near Ballylesson. 

 On the assembling of the whole party in the enclosure of this latter 

 rath, the usual business meeting of the Club was held. The Pre- 

 sident having taken the chair (on the cromlech), a number of new 

 members were elected, and after an inspection of therath,the vehicles 

 were put in requisition, and the Ulster Hall reached shortly before 

 sunset. It was remarked on this occasion that though agricul- 

 tural operations have been much retarded, and the crops not at all 

 in a forward state, yet they present a promising appearance. The 

 flowering of wild plants has also been delayed by the unseasonable 

 weather. As an illustration of this fact it may be mentioned that 

 the President of the Club offered a prize for the first sprig of 

 hawthorn found in flower ; but though the hedges were closely 

 scrutinised, not a hawthorn flower was seen, while in 1878 this 

 plant was noted as flowering on 10th May. 



On 2 1 st June, to 



THE GOBBINS. 



The second Field Meeting for the present session was arranged 

 to be held at the Gobbins, on Saturday, the 21st June, and, as 

 might be expected, a considerable amount of interest was excited 

 amongst the members by the contemplated visit to this attractive 



