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were obtained on the club's excursion to Ballintoy. Miss 

 Lester was awarded the prize for Mosses ; Mr. Wm. Gray for 

 Field Sketches ; and Mr. Lockwood for some measured draw- 

 ings of Bunnamairge Abbey, County Antrim. A special 

 prize was awarded to Mr. Robert Smith for a water-colour 

 drawing of Colin Glen. We may here state that Mr. Gray's 

 sketches consisted of a collection of six of the principal Crom- 

 lechs in Down and Antrim, being a contribution to a com- 

 plete set of drawings of these interesting structures in the 

 two counties just named, and which will probably be here- 

 after published in the Club's Annual Report. Ail the above- 

 mentioned pictures were exhibited around the walls, together 

 with a set of works kindly lent by Mr. T. M. Lindsay, 

 head-master of the Belfast Government School of Art. 

 These embraced a series of coloured sketches in North 

 Wales, and some books of large photographs, together with a 

 number of beautiful paintings of flowers, shells, &c, executed 

 by Mrs. Lindsay. The works of the fair artist received special 

 attention during the evening. Dr. James Moore, M.R.I. A. — 

 the energetic member of so many societies of this kind — was 

 well represented by a series of water-colour drawings, all of 

 which displayed his great powers as an artist. Whether de- 

 picting the rugged mountains of Mourne, the sandv beach of 

 Dundrum and Newcastle, or the rich foliage of park scenery, 

 the Doctor was alike successful. A number of miscellaneous 

 sketches, taken in the South of France, were shown by Mr. 

 Robert Young, C.E., while Mr. William H. Patterson ex- 

 hibited a collection illustrative of Irish Archaeology. On the 

 tables throughout the room the microscopes of the mem- 

 bers were located. Mr. Swanston had an interesting set 

 of the Echinodennata — and microscopic preparations of them 

 — illustrating a paper read by him during the winter session 

 on that subject, and Mr. Wm. Gray exhibited a large assort- 

 ment of specimens connected with his paper on " The Am- 

 monite — its ancient and modern relatives." These included 



