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garding beaten paths and more than astonishing the natives, 

 who couldnot tell "what the gentle-folk were doing yonder/' 

 At length, after a total run of not less than ten miles, the cars 

 were overtaken, and a pleasant drive brought the party again to 

 the Glens of Antrim Hotel at Cushendall, where dinner was 

 awaiting them. An hour rested and refreshed the party, and 

 again the cars were taken for the drive into Larne along the 

 Coast Road, and a continuation of the beautiful weather that 

 the party was favoured with the first day enabled them to 

 enjoy the drive home as heartily as any other portion of an 

 excursion that may be considered one of the most successful 

 of any recorded by the Club. 



On Saturday, 13th August, to 



CASTLEDAWSON AND MOYOLA PARK. 



Moyola Park, the residence of Captain Peel Dawson, 

 situated on the banks of the Moyola river, is a favourite resort 

 for pic-nic parties from Belfast and other towns ; and the 

 courteous proprietor is ever ready to open his gates for parties 

 wishing to enjoy a day in his beautiful grounds. The appli- 

 cation of the B.N.F.C. was at once acceded to, and the 

 weather proving favourable on the day chosen for the trip, a 

 very agreeable one was spent through the demesne, remarkable 

 to the naturalist chiefly for the number, variety, and con- 

 dition of its well-grown trees. After visiting the old grave- 

 yard inside the entrance gates, the party were conducted by 

 the gamekeeper to alow hill in the park where he was bringing 

 up a large colony of pheasants. Broods of every age were 

 scattered around — some not many days old, and others ready 

 to take the responsibility of their own maintenance in the 

 thick plantations that surrounded them. Tracing the banks 



