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ferns, Equiseta and club mosses, by Mr. R. LI. Praeger; micro- 

 scopic slides, by Dr. S. M. Malcomson and Mr. D. M'Kee ; 

 and fossil plants, from Ballypallady, by Mr. C. Bulla. Some 

 fossil ferns from the latter place have attracted considerable 

 notice from Mr. Starkie Gardner and other geological authori- 

 ties upon the Tertiary flora. As usual, a number of members 

 had their microscopes on the table, amongst others Dr. S. M. 

 Malcomson, Mr. J. J. Andrew, Rev. H. W. Lett, Mr. Hughes, 

 Mr. D. M'Kee, and Mr. Swanston. 



A collection of antiquities, chiefly Irish, which had been 

 gathered during a long life by the late Mr. Glenny, was ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Gray. Amongst them was a very fine and 

 large bronze altar bell, probably of the sixth century, from 

 Cloghan church. 



[ ; Mr. S. F. Milligan also showed a small, but interesting, 

 collection of antiquities made by him during the last two 

 summers in Counties Cavan and Leitrim. Amongst them 

 was an iron rivetted cauldron found in a bog at Drumlane, 

 County Cavan, near to a crannoge, to the occupants of which 

 it presumably once belonged. The Rev. James Graves, of 

 Kilkenny, states that he is not aware of any rivetted iron caul- 

 dron of this type having previously been found ; from its 

 resemblance to the bronze vessels it is probably of an early 

 date. There were also in the collection a very fine and still 

 sharp bronze sword, or rapier, from Lough Oughter, and a 

 copper axe found in a bog near Manorhamilton. Ancient 

 weapons and tools of pure copper, the use of which preceded 

 bronze, are somewhat rare. 



A case of minerals, agates, chalcedonies, jaspers, &c., was 

 exhibited by Mr. D. M'Kee. 



In the new library were exhibited a number of books — 

 some of them valuable illustrated reports by the various 

 American and Canadian Government geologists, and some 

 from our own Board of Works upon Irish antiquities, — forming 

 part of the rapidly growing library of the Club. Here was 

 also the Club's album of sketches, antiquarian drawings, and 

 photographs. In connection with this it may be mentioned 



