1882-1883.] i6i 



report of the Committee of Excavation, that a repetition need 

 hardly be attempted here. 



Planks had been laid to bridge over the soft mud which lay 

 between terra-firma and the Crannoges, and with one or two 

 slight mishaps the party were soon collected upon them, turning 

 over the boulders and loose stumps of piles of which the artificial 

 islands were composed, speculating upon their origin, and 

 searching for relics. Subsequently a meeting was called upon 

 the margin of the lake under the presidency of W. H. Patterson, 

 Esq., M.R.I. A. — when Mr. F. W. Lockwood, Hon. Sec, gave a 

 brief address upon the characteristics of Crannoges in general 

 and these in particular. The party then strolled round the lake, 

 some to visit the well known Swallow Hole of Lignaca, others 

 to botanize, or in search of insects, flint flakes, (of which several 

 were found), and to other kindred pursuits. Besides the large 

 Swallow Hole of Lignaca, there are several smaller ones round 

 the lake, into which streams, however, do not now flow except 

 under unusual circumstances. 



The members of the party returned at their convenience to 

 Carrickfergus, some of them taking advantage of the fineness of 

 the summer evening to visit the old Parish Church, the Castle, 

 King William's Stone, and other antiquities of that interesting 

 town. 



On 1 2th August, to 

 GLENARM, BY THE HILL ROAD FROM LARNE. 



The route selected was a novelty, being inland, by the old 

 road amongst the hills, instead of along the coast. The party, 

 which the fine weather had augmented to nearly double the 

 anticipated number, left town by the 9.30 train, and in due time 

 found themselves winding slowly up the hilly roads which lead 

 to the plateau lying behind the Sallagh Braes, and which forms 

 the watershed between the Larne Basin and the upper part of 

 the Glenarm valleys. From this point the prospect is a wild 



