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ness, it was soon the sole object of attention, the long day and 

 the healthy exercise having stimulated appetite, a result which 

 Mrs. Miller, the hostess of the Glens of Antrim Hotel, seems to 

 have anticipated, judging from the amply-provided table. The 

 remainder of the evening was principally devoted to the exami- 

 nation of the specimens collected during the day, and in decid- 

 ing on the merits of the collections of mosses and lichens 

 submitted for the prize, as stated in the programme. There 

 were three competitors, and the collection made by Rev. H. W. 

 Lett, numbering 103 species, was declared the successful one. 

 Mr. Praeger, a member who joined on the route, was fortunate 

 enough to find on one of his extended walks on the high ground 

 above Carnlough specimens of a rare saxifrage (►S. hirculus). 

 This plant is noted in " Dickie's Flora of Ulster " as found in 

 one locality in County Antrim. *' Mackay " says of it : — '* It is 

 singular that this plant, which Dr. Hooker found in Iceland, 

 should not be found in the North of Ireland." 



Next morning opened wet and dull. The summit of 

 Lurigethen, which overlooks the village, was hidden in mist. 

 The delightful weather which had prevailed during the two 

 past days had, however, so gratified the party that all felt 

 satisfied and in good spirits as the start was made after break- 

 fast on the homeward journey, by the well-known coast road. 

 Passing along under Redbay Castle, and by Glenariffe and 

 Garron Point, no halt is made till reaching the entrance to 

 Drumnasole — the Ridge of the Lights — supposed to be so 

 named from a custom which once prevailed here of communi- 

 cating by beacon fires with the Scots across the Channel. 

 Here, through the kindness of Miss Turnley, the party was per- 

 mitted to pass through the beautiful grounds. Following the 

 high bank of a stream course, deficient of water, and penetrat- 

 ing a dark chasm in the chalk, a sudden turn of the path brings 

 to view a magnificent cascade, falling over a basaltic cliff. The 

 amount of water which here finds its way was a surprise to all 

 present, as, judging by the dry bed of the stream lower down, 

 the remarks that were indulged in on the way up were some- 



