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— an excellent afternoon's work — though several ladies and 

 other gentlemen ran him very close. Of the rare brachiopod 

 {Waldheimia hibernica), only known as yet from specimens 

 obtained in Collin Glen, Mr. Bulla succeeded in procuring a 

 considerable number. Through the kindness of the proprietor, 

 the lower glen, with its cool, mossy glades, and luxuriant masses 

 of fern, was next visited, and here a treat unexpected to most 

 of the party was in store. A member of the Club, Geo. Kidd, 

 Esq., and his hospitable lady had furnished out the pic-nic 

 house in the glen with a most welcome tea, and as many as the 

 house could accommodate within, and the rest upon the grass 

 outside, did ample justice to the refreshment so opportunely 

 provided for them. Thus invigorated, and having carried by 

 acclamation a vote of thanks to their entertainers, who assured 

 them, in return, they could not possibly have exhausted the 

 beauties of the glen, and must be their guests again at an early 

 opportunity, the excursionists made the best of their way to 

 Dunmurry Station, all agreed that Collin Glen in summer time 

 deserved all the popularity which could be given to it. 



On 24th June, to 



LOUGH MOURNE. 



This Excursion had been intended, according to the pro- 

 gramme, to be to Lough Neagh and Arboe Point, but owing to 

 the difficulty of obtaining a steamer to cross the lake in, the 

 Committee were compelled to change their plans, and availed 

 themselves of the opportunity to visit the Crannoges recently 

 laid bare by the drainage operations of the Belfast Water 

 Commissioners in Lough Mourne, above Carrickfergus. A large 

 party started by the 1 2 o'clock train for that town, and from 

 thence proceeded, mostly on foot, to the lake. Lough Mourne 

 and its features were so fully described in the report of last year's 

 excursions, and the Crannoges are so fully dealt with in the 



