the side next the River Lagan, supposed to have been for cattle. 

 The fort, from its position and its fine state of preservation, is 

 one of the finest examples of these numerous earthen erections 

 in the North of Ireland. The next visit was paid to the 

 cathedral, where Jeremy Taylor and Bishop Percy are buried, 

 as also Mr. Stott, who had a bleachgreen at Dromore, but who 

 is, perhaps, better known to posterity as the "groveUing Stott" 

 of Byron's "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." The 

 cathedral is modern, the older portions having been erected in 

 great part by Bishop Percy about 1808. 



The party then started on cars along the Magheralin Road, 

 which runs picturesquely along the banks of the Lagan, giving 

 from the loftier points a striking panorama of the Mourne 

 Mountains, and a wide stretch of beautifully diversified country. 

 Another fine fort near Gill Hall was examined ; it is thought 

 by many to have been erected to command a pass over the 

 Lagan, but as the river in this neighbourhood is easily fordable, 

 there hardly seems sufficient ground for this view. 



By the courtesy of Richard Brush, Esq., J. P., Gill Hall, the 

 seat of Lord Clanwilliam, was thrown open, and many interest- 

 ing relics were seen in this historic mansion, which dates from 

 the 17th century. Perhaps the chief interest attaches to the 

 apartment in which, during the reign of Queen Anne, the ghost 

 of Lord Tyrone is said to have appeared to Lady Beresford to 

 assure her of the truth of a future state. The story is related 

 in " The Ulster Journal of Archaeology." The quaint old fire- 

 place and massive wooden cornice are in complete harmony 

 with the popular idea of ghost chambers. The antlers of an 

 Irish elk, dug up near Dromore, are to be seen in the hall, and 

 are said to be among the largest found in Ireland. At present 

 they measure above eight feet across, but some tines are missing, 

 and they were, doubtless, originally much larger. Lewis's 

 Topographical Dictionary gives their measurement as loft. 3in. 

 A walk through the woods, densely carpeted with wild hyacinths 

 in bloom, was much enjoyed — the view from the higher ground 

 over a blooming country raising a doubt in the minds of some 



