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Armagh, and Carlingford Mountain in Louth. Eastward 

 towered the higher peaks of the Mourne range, with the huge 

 cone of Slieve Donard dominating them all. Southward the 

 broad blue expanse of the Irish Sea, and the low shores of Louth 

 and Meath. Northward the whole fertile plain of County 

 Down, with the Antrim hills and Lough Neagh, behind which 

 lay the dim hills of Londonderry and Tyrone. Luncheon next 

 engaged the attention of the members, and a regal banquet was 

 made of sandwiches, washed down by draughts of cool water 

 from rock-pools in the granite. The botanists noted, flourishing 

 among the topmost crags, the dwarf willow (Satix herbacea), 

 crowberry {Empetrum nigrum), and cowberry (Vaccinium 

 vitis-idoea), the last named having its pretty pink bells in full 

 blossom. Then, after taking another look at the magnificent 

 and varied prospect, the descent of the western face of the 

 mountain Avas effected, and, traversing a very steep decline of a 

 thousand feet, the saddle between Bearnagh and Meelmore was 

 crossed, a pause being made to note the great ice-worn slopes 

 of bare granite which characterise the western base of Slieve 

 Bearnagh. Another steep climb was next undertaken, which 

 brought the party to a spot near the summit of Slieve Meelmore, 

 where there is an interesting vein of amethyst, undescribed in 

 the memoirs of the Geological Survey, and known only to a 

 few local geologists. With the aid of hammers, good examples 

 of the bright purple mineral were secured, and the party then 

 pushed on along the rough, boulder-strewn side of Slieve 

 Meelbeg, till Lough Shannagh came full in view, embosomed 

 in brown heather, and backed by steep hills. After a pause 

 here to rest and to admire the splendid mountain view, way 

 was made for the gap north of Cam Mountain, for the afternoon 

 was flying fast, and the lengthening shadows and thoughts of 

 dinner both inspired the members to renewed exertions. On 

 the boggy flat behind Ott Mountain the lesser twayblade was 

 again observed in quantity. A descent was then made into the 

 Deer's Meadow, down the edge of the Bann River, here a mere 

 trickling streamlet. On the mountain road the coach was 



