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A beautiful drive through Glencolumkill, and over the moorland 

 at its head for a few miles, brought us near Glenshesk, and, 

 unpacking the provisions brought with us from Miss Walker's, we 

 had a substantial luncheon in a wayside school-house, and were 

 thereby the better prepared to enjoy the glen, to explore its river 

 banks, and rocks, where we collected good specimens of the royal 

 fern ( Osmunda regalis), the filmy fern (Hymenophylhcm Wilsoni), 

 the beach fern ( Polypodium Phegopteris), and the hay- scented fern 

 ( Lastrea Orcopteris ), and thus collected in all fourteen varieties of 

 ferns during our trip— some of the common forms not included. 

 Soon after leaving Glenshesk we arrived at the Nesbitt Arms, Ardare, 

 for tea, and a visit was paid the Mound and other places of interest 

 in the locality, leaving at seven o'clock for Glenties, where we 

 arrived late at night to severely tax the resources of the two hotels 

 in the town. An early breakfast at six o'clock next morning 

 (Saturday) prepared us for a drive of twenty-two miles to catch 

 the 12-15 train at Stranorlar for Belfast; even this was successfully 

 accomplished, and, although we had not time to take our luncheon 

 at the hotel as proposed, yet our conductor had it conveyed to the 

 train, where it was most acceptable during the run home, which 

 closed the fifth day of a remarkably interesting expedition — it is 

 to be hoped only the first of a series to the same county, now that 

 we have demonstrated that so large a party can be comfortably 

 accommodated at a reasonable cost, and that such an extensive 

 and highly interesting district can be traversed in so short a time, 

 particularly when proper arrangements are made beforehand, as 

 they were made in this case by the conductor, one of the 

 Secretaries of the Club. 



On Saturday, gth September, 



WOODBURN GLEN. 



A trip to VVoodburn Glens closed the Society's programme of 

 excursions for the year. Since the Club was established, the 



