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ence Lad faded, even in the memory of the family who own the 

 estate, when a recent circumstance revived the traditions concern- 

 ing it. The present owner, Anthony Traill, Esq., being desirous 

 of draining that portion of the estate where the ancient lake had 

 been, caused a canal to be made, which passed close by the island 

 of the Crannoge, running east and west. The workmen employed in 

 this drain came upon an ancient canoe, which was lying at right 

 angles to the canal. They had considerable difficulty in extracting 

 the canoe from the soft boggy earth, for it was deeply embedded. 



After making a short cutting in the direction in which it lay, 

 they succeeded in raising it ; but, unfortunately, it was broken 

 across, and the stern came out. It was very rudely shaped from 

 a single piece of oak, and measured twenty-four feet in length, 

 corresponding to the canoe found in the Crannoge of Lake Monalty, 

 near Lisanisk. In the Ballylough canoe was found a hatchet of 

 mixed metal, supposed to belong to a later period. This sup- 

 position is founded on the statement of Mr. Shirley, quoted by the 

 learned curator of the Royal Irish Academy, that the objects found 

 in Crannoges are not arranged in chronological order. Metallic 

 objects, for example, which have been deposited on the surface, 

 have been found to have passed severed feet into the earth from 

 the rising of the surrounding water. The canoe is of the kind 

 termed " dug out," pointed at one end, and almost square at the 

 other. There are no traces of row-locks, nor of the strengthening 

 pieces of wood found in similar canoes. Owing to the great heat 

 of the weather, and exposure to the sun, it cracked and broke away, 

 so that a satisfactory drawing could not be obtained. Subsequently 

 to the discovery of the canoe, in September, the bones of several 

 domestic animals, and of deer, have been found at the same spot, 

 and lead to the belief that the ancient Crannoge of Ballylough will 

 yield such antiquarian remains as would well repay a more careful 

 examination. 



Mr. S. A. Stewart also read a Paper on " A Visit to Dungiven 

 and the Sperrin Mountains." Mr. Stewart said that the Irish Field 

 Naturalist, who had only a few days at his disposal, experienced a 



