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During the previous summer the crannoges, or artificial 

 islands, recently discovered in Lough Mourne, were examined 

 by a sub-committee of the club, who now exhibited a carefully- 

 prepared map of these structures. The objects of interest 

 found in them were not numerous, the result in this respect 

 having been somewhat disappointing, but the bow of a " dug- 

 out " canoe obtained from them was exhibited by Mr. 

 M'Dowell, and Mr. C. Bulla showed a very fine sepulchral urn 

 found in the immediate vicinity, besides a crucible and other 

 interesting relics. 



The field work done by the members of the club during the 

 season naturally forms a chief feature on these occasions, and 

 this evening the palm of merit was decidedly due to Mr. 

 Charles Elcock, who exhibited a splendid set of drawings exe- 

 cuted by him of cromlechs or sepulchral monuments from the 

 site of the famous battle of Northern Moytura, in the County 

 Sligo, where are the remains of sixty-five stone circles and 

 cromlechs, only seven of the latter, however, being now perfect. 

 He also exhibited a set of drawings of cromlechs from the 

 adjacent counties of Leitrim and Mayo. It is gratifying to 

 have this evidence that, whatever may be the differences of 

 opinion as to the social and political condition of these coun- 

 ties, the antiquarian can still pursue with such excellent re- 

 sult his researches amongst a class of monuments of which 

 Ireland possesses one of the richest and most interesting collec- 

 tions in the world. 



A very fine collection of Carboniferous fossils made during 

 the past season was shown by Mr. Charles Bulla. 



Not so showy as some objects, but of great economic interest, 

 was a table of five hundred specimens of woods from Ceylon 

 and Canada, belonging to the museum collection, and in con- 

 nection with these Mr. W, A. Firth exhibited a variety of 

 wood sections under the microscope, illustrating their mode and 

 principles of growth. A very interesting collection of Zulu 

 trophies was exhibited by Mr. E. Malcomson. A fine case of 

 minerals by Mr. D. M'Kee, and some curious old sailing 



