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but, instead of steel-clad warriors pacing the massive battlements 

 with clanking stride, the only visible enemy consisted of two 

 parsons, reposing in luxurious ease on the summit of the mossy 

 wall. A field battery of quick-firing cameras was speedily 

 brought into action, and under cover of their well-directed fire 

 a storming party crossed the causeway, and soon the mystic 

 emblems of the Field Club were seen on the topmost pinnacle 

 of the tower. The party now proceded on foot past Whiterock 

 towards Killinchy, and, being met on the way by the machines, 

 they drove through Killinchy village to Ballygowan, the bog on 

 each side of the road being brightened with extensive patches 

 of snow-white cotton grass, and tall spikes of purple foxglove. 

 On the way from Whiterock several of our less common plants 

 were noted. In Killinchy village the chervil [Chaerophyllum 

 anthriscus) grew in some abundance, and in fields near the same 

 place the shepherd's needle {Scandix pecten- Veneris) and the 

 toothed corn salad {Valerianella dentatd) were found growing 

 in profusion. At Ballygowan an important part of the day's 

 duties was effected in the shape of tea, which was provided on 

 substantial lines by Mrs. Magee, after which the business meeting 

 of the day was held — the Vice-President (Mr. John Vinycomb) 

 in the chair, when a number of new members were elected. 

 Then the brakes were once more mounted, and punctually at 

 8.30 Belfast was reached, after a highly successful and enjoyable 

 day. 



On July 5th, to 



MAGHERAMORNE AND ISLANDMAGEE. 



The third excursion of the season was taken on Saturday, the 

 5th July, to Magheramorne and Islandmagee. Notwithstanding 

 the unpropitious weather of the previous week, a good-sized 

 party mustered at the Northern Counties Railway, and were 

 rewarded by seeing the clouds of the morning rapidly dispersed 

 before a brisk north wind, which covered the wavelets of Larne 

 Lough with caps of white foam. The members of the party 



