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tea at the Athenaeum, the business meeting of the day was held. 

 After the formal business had been transacted, the hon. secre- 

 tary called attention to the fact that the long-looked-for Flora 

 of the North- East of Ireland, by Messrs. Stewart and Corry, 

 was now completed and in his hands, and he was pleased to say 

 that it was a work that the members should be proud of, as he 

 considered the authors had conferred a lasting honour on the 

 Club by allowing it to be brought out under their auspices. 

 Mr. Harbison (the chairman) spoke in strong terms of praise 

 on the manner in which Mr. S. A Stewart, under the sad cir- 

 cumstances of the death of his colleague, had carried the work 

 to completion, and he was sure the members generally would 

 possess themselves of a book of such great local importance. 

 The return journey left the party at 9 p.m. in town again, after 

 a long but very pleasant and profitable day. 



On 26th and 27th July, to 



DROGHEDA AND THE BOYNE. 



The fourth excursion of the session was the u long excursion" 

 of the year, and brought the Club to the banks of the historic 

 Boyne Water. They had previously challenged the younger 

 Field Club of Dublin to meet them on the Boyne, and accord- 

 ingly a representative party from each Club met at Drogheda 

 on the arrival of the early trains from Dublin and Belfast, and 

 immediately proceeded by train to Kells. The Rev. Canon 

 Grainger, D.D., M.R.I. A., was elected Chairman for the excur- 

 sion. Many circumstances combined to compel the party to 

 direct their attention almost exclusively to archaeological 

 matters, chiefly because of the extraordinary number, variety, 

 and importance of the antiquarian remains to be found in the 

 district. Kells and its neighbourhood could furnish interesting 

 occupation for as many days as the party had hours to spend. 

 The town itself, which is most beautifully situated, is a credit- 

 able example of an Irish inland town — orderly, clean, and well 



