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Town Commissioners. After an ascent to the giddy heights of 

 the Cole column and a ramble round the town, breakfast was 

 taken, and a start was made at nine o'clock for the Marble Arch. 

 The weather was most beautiful, and the views of mountain, 

 lough, and wood were unsurpassed for extent and variety. The 

 vehicles were left at the foot of the glen, whilst the party 

 walked about a mile by the side of a mountain torrent, over- 

 hung with luxuriant foliage, and covered with ferns, whilst here 

 and there the lower Carboniferous Sandstone jutted out in sharp 

 and unmistakable lines. After all the known expressions of 

 wonder and delight had been exhausted in admiration of the 

 Marble Arch, a happy thought seized the secretary to hold the 

 Club meeting in a rocky cavern on the edge of a ravine. After 

 a few pleasant remarks from the President, (Mr. John Vinycomb, 

 F.R.S.A.), Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., moved, and Mr. F. 

 A. Heron seconded, a resolution that the best thanks of the 

 Club be given to Mr. Thomas Plunkett, M.R.I.A., for his 

 kindness and attention to the Club. Mr. Plunkett having 

 expressed the pleasure the visit of the Club had afforded him, 

 Mr. F. A. Porter moved, and Mr. H. C. Marshall seconded, a 

 resolution of thanks to the Earl of Erne and Captain Archdall 

 for their courtesy and hospitality. Seven new members having 

 been elected, the meeting was closed with cheers for Mr. 

 Plunkett. And now all was interest and excitement, for the 

 huge cave was to be visited, and all sorts of weird effects pro- 

 duced by the burning of torches and magnesium wire to show 

 with the light of day the practically unexplored depths of this 

 vaulted cavern. After ascending and descending many huge 

 walls of rock a level floor was reached, and traversed for over 

 100 yards, when the sound of rushing water was heard, and an 

 underground river glittered in the light of the torches held 

 aloft. Ghastly effects were produced by the floating of candles 

 on pieces of wood down the river into the bowels of the earth. 

 It is to be hoped that the good people of Enniskillen may not 

 hear more of these wandering lights. So enjoyable did the 

 caves and the glen appear to be that no time was found for 



