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field days. The best thanks of the Club are due to Rev. W. S. 

 Smith, for Antrim ; B. D. Wise, C.E., for Blackhead ; Major 

 Hall, T. M. H. Flynn, and H. Barcroft, J.P., and Mrs. Barcroft, 

 for Newry ; Rev. Father Quail, for Ballynahinch ; W. A. 

 Traill, C.E., for Giant's Causeway ; and J. Temple Reilly, J.P., 

 for Scarva. 



The Winter Session was opened with a conversazione in the 

 Exhibition Hall, Botanic Gardens, which was well attended 

 and much enjoyed by all present. The winter meetings, which 

 were more numerous than usual, were as follows : — 



Opening remarks by President. 



" Irish Fairy Lore."— W. B. Yeats, of Dublin. 



" A Few Children's Games." — Miss Clara Patterson, Member. 



Report of Ethnographical Committee. — W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., 



Member. 

 " What is a Stone?" — William Gray, M.R.I.A., Member. 

 "Relative Antiquity of Rath, Cromleac, and Tumulus." — John M. 



Dickson, Member. 



2. " Pre-Historic and Historic Forts in the City and Vicinity of 



Belfast." — Francis Joseph Bigger, Hon. Sec. 



3. " Notes on Forts in the Townland of Erenagh " — John Russell, 



C.E., Member. 

 20th Feby. 1. "Notes on the Ancient Church of Lisnagarric." — John Cardwell. 



2. "Botanizing in County Dublin." — R. Lloyd Praeger, M.R.I.A., 



Member. 



3. "Localities for Lepidoptera near Belfast." — Charles N. Watts, 

 F.I.C., Member. 



"Lepidoptera of Enniskillen." — Lieut.-Col. Partridge. 



Microscopical Evening. 



"Our Holy Wells."— William Gray, M.R.I.A., Member. 



" Pagan Cemeteries and Burial Customs of Ireland." — Geo. Coffey, 



M.R.I.A. 

 Report of the Celtic Class.— P. J. O'Shea, Member. 

 " Homer in Irish." — T. Ward, Member. 



Address on the Irish Language.— J. St. Clair Boyd, M.D., Member. 

 Tale in Irish. — J. G. Foley, Member. 



Local Celtic Topography. —Francis Joseph Bigger, Hon. Sec. 

 Tale in Irish. — M. Griffin, Member. 



Ballad, "Lament for O'Cathan." — Miss Alice M. Milligan. 

 8. Prose Selection. — E. Morrissey, Member. 

 25 th April Annual Meeting. 



The average attendance at the Winter Meetings was better 

 than on any former year. On the microscopical evening the 

 large room and the library were both filled to overflowing, 

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