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valuable papers of Mr. J. Starkie Gardner, F.G.S., contributed 

 to the Club's Proceedings, have made familiar to us. 



But now the Secretary's shrill whistle sounds the recall, and 

 the scattered party assemble near the manager's cheerful house, 

 where a hearty vote of thanks is passed to Mr. Lattimore and 

 the engineering staff for their attention and courtesy, and to 

 Mrs. Lattimore and her amiable daughters for their hospitable 

 treatment of the lady members of the party. Then taking the 

 road once more, Castle Robin is repassed, and, turning down 

 the hill, a new route is taken via Derriaghy, and at about eight 

 o'clock Belfast is once more reached. 



On 7th July, to 



GREENORE AND CARLINGFORD. 



The third excursion of the season was to Greenore and Car- 

 lingford. Starting at seven o'clock, the party of about a dozen 

 was augmented to upwards of twenty ere the journey was 

 finished. After an hour spent at Greenore, which was devoted 

 to a rather hurriedly-taken refreshment and a stroll along the 

 beach, where the botanists were repaid by some rare plants, the 

 road was taken to Carlingford, skirting some low ground with 

 pools rich in aquatic species. The excursion was mainly, how- 

 ever, an archaeological one, Carlingford and neighbourhood 

 being famous for castellated remains ; and perhaps never in its 

 history were its ancient buildings so well " done" as on this 

 occasion. The party mustered in its numbers no less than five 

 photographers, with cameras of as many shapes and sizes, bent 

 upon illustrating the place in a manner more complete than 

 ever before attempted. The ruined abbey to the south of the 

 town was first visited. It dates from the fourteenth century, 

 and its erection is ascribed to Richard De Burgh, Earl of Ulster. 

 Its ruin took place in the seventeenth century. It now forms 

 a picturesque pile, and what remains of it seems to be taken 

 care of, and further decay prevented. Entering the town we 



