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the exercise of his dashing pencil. " The Arch " is formed of 

 massive rocks that have retained their natural bed, while all below 

 has been washed away by the torrent, or fallen into hollows worn 

 out by the mountain floods. The river itself disappears far up the 

 mountain, and bursts forth again below the arch, plunging with 

 foam and spray through rugged rocks and fallen crags, and rushes 

 down the glen through wood and brake, now covered in foliage, 

 now fringed with meadow, until it is lost in the lake below. About 

 a mile above " The Arch " the party visited the caves ; vast cham- 

 bers cut through the mountain of limestone by the river, as it forces 

 its way to the sea. The chambers are entered from the base of a 

 perpendicular rock, and after a rough passage over fallen rocks, 

 going deeper and deeper below the mountain, until a series of wide 

 and lofty caverns are reached, the sides draped with stalactites and 

 the floor rough as the river bed, and the water rushing through 

 with a strange noise, and flashing in the torch-light. After spend- 

 ing some time in these subterranean caverns, the party hastened 

 back to Enniskillen, and having partaken of a hearty luncheon, 

 paid the moderate charges of the Imperial Hotel, took the train 

 for Belfast, where they arrived about nine o'clock, having thoroughly 

 enjoyed their delightful trip, made all the more agreeable by the 

 courteous attention of Mr. Wakeman, of Ennniskillen, who not 

 only gave them the fullest information regarding the locality, but 

 enabled the party to see the most in the least time, and with the 

 least fatigue. 



On Saturday, 17th August, 



SLEMISH AND VALLEY OF THE BRAID. 



The weather was so very unfavourable when the Club visited 

 this locality last year, the members could not get to Slemish. This 

 year they were far more fortunate, and under the guidance of their 

 good friend, Rev. Dr. Granger, they were enabled to trace the foot- 

 steps of St. Patrick, and ascend the rugged sides of Sliabh-mis, or 



