and striking — certainly the most popular and instructive — incident 

 in the entire route of the Club. After a charming ride by railway 

 from Irvinestown, with occasional glimpses of Lough Erne, on 

 whose waters the party had enjoyed so delightful a sail on the 

 the previous day, they arrived at Belleek, at about noon on 

 Wednesday. 



All had heard of the object of their visit — the pottery — and 

 most of the members had been already, in a measure, acquainted 

 with the process of manufacture there pursued, through the account 

 presented to the Club by Mr. Gray, in January, 1869 (an abstract 

 of which is published in the Club's annual report for 1868-69), but 

 few were prepared for the treat in store for them by the actual visit 

 to the spot. They had, most of them, seen specimens of the 

 Belleek ware in Belfast and elsewhere, and admired its silvery gloss 

 and varied hues, but could not imagine the pleasure and instruction 

 which resulted from witnessing the actual process of its production. 



Most of the party, perhaps expected to see in " the Pottery " an 

 edifice as yet low, rough, and rural, but scarcely to find a structure 

 beautiful in its architecture, extensive, and fully organised, giving 

 employment to hundreds of hands. 



Such, however, is the Belleek establishment, to which the Club 

 was introduced, and in the inspection of which the members 

 experienced a most gratifying amount of civility and attention from 

 its highly accomplished overseer and part proprietor, Mr. Arm- 

 strong, down to the lowest workman and official. The show-room 

 was first visited, and although, so far as walls and ceiling are con- 

 cerned, as well as its general fittings, still in a rudimentary state, 

 the exhibition of articles finished and ready for sale is at once 

 attractive and costly. Here were found dinner services, and other 

 articles of household use, of all descriptions, stamped with the 

 crests and monograms of some of the highest in the land, from 

 her Majesty's representative to many members of the nobility and 

 landed gentry. Here were also articles of taste and vertu of the 

 newest patterns and most beautiful and original designs, every one 

 of them executed by the native artists and manufacturers of this 

 locality. 



