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SUMMER SESSION. 



The following' Excursions were made during the Summer Session : 



On 13th May, to 



BLEMISH AND THE VALLEY OF THE BRAID. 



The Club, having been in existence for nineteen years, 

 inaugurated the operations of the twentieth year by an excursion 

 to Slemish Mountain and the Valley of the Braid, a district 

 which contains much that is interesting in its physical aspect, 

 with many reminiscences of the most important events in the 

 life of St. Patrick, and the early history of Christianity in 

 Ireland. Leaving Ballymena, with its busy streets and crowded 

 markets, the party, numbering about twenty, were soon on the 

 open Glenarm road, under the guidance of the Rev. Canon 

 Grainger, D.D., M.R.I.A., of Broughshane. Near the bridge 

 which passes over the Braid Water two forts are noted, forming 

 part of a series, well situated for guarding the entrance to the 

 valley from the south-east. A fine example of an esker-ridge 

 was seen a little distance from the road, but no halt was made 

 till reaching the picturesquely-situated church of Broughshane. 



