150 [Proc. B. N. F. C, 



to your Secretaries being unable to secure the services of a 

 steamer to convey the party from Lurgan to Arboe Point. In 

 lieu of it a most successful excursion was made to Lough 

 Mourne, in the bed of which the operations of the Belfast Water 

 Commissioners had exposed several Crannoges. The excursion 

 to Monasterboice, Valley of the Boyne, New Grange, Tara, &c., 

 intended to occupy two days, and which promised to be of 

 exceeding interest, had unfortunately to be abandoned, as only 

 three members intimated their desire to go. It was felt by the 

 Secretaries that the expense of this excursion was above the 

 average to which your members are accustomed, — a circum- 

 stance unavoidable where several hotel and car proprietors have 

 to be arranged with. 



The following is a list of the excursions carried out: — 



I. 



Slemish, and the Valley of the Braid, 



. May 13th. 



2. 



Collin Glen, 



. June 3rd. 



3- 



Lough Mourne, . . 



. June 24th. 



4. 



Glenarm, by the Hill Road from Larne, 



. August 1 2th. 



5- 



Castlereagh Hills, and Knock, > 



. September 2nd 



Regarding the above excursions, your Secretaries trust that 

 the arrangements made for them gave satisfaction. They take 

 this opportunity, however, of giving expression to the difficulty 

 they feel in suiting the various tastes of the members, some of 

 whom desire by rapid movements to see as much as possible in 

 the limited time, while some others consider the day would be 

 more profitably spent in the investigation of a less extended 

 area. Your Secretaries would be glad of an expression of opi- 

 nion from the general body of the members on this important 

 point. 



Referring to the Crannoges discovered in Lough Mourne. 

 Immediately on their discovery being intimated, they were 

 visited by several of your members, who considered them of 

 such importance that a meeting of your Committee was called 

 to ascertain what steps should be taken regarding them ; the 

 result was that a Sub-Committee was formed to request liberty 

 from the Water Commissioners to investigate them, and a sum 



