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tea was ready in the Antrim Arms. Throughout the day the 

 weather was enjoyable, no rain falling and no excessive heat to 

 render the ascent from Murlough a toil instead of a pleasure. 

 Belfast was reached at nine o'clock. 



16 June. 

 DROGHEDA AND THE BOYNE. 



A party of nearly one hundred took seats in the seven o'clock 

 train to Drogheda, but a considerable number of these were 

 members of the North Staffordshire Field Club, on a visit to 

 our district, who accepted the invitation of the local Club to 

 join this excursion. The country looked at its best as the train 

 sped through field and wood, past river and mountain, till the 

 high bridge at Drogheda was reached, when all eyes were 

 turned up and down the historic stream that was to be the 

 scene of the day's investigations A number of the party 

 proceeded to Laytown, there to join the Dublin Naturalists, 

 and work their way along the seashore to Drogheda, whilst a 

 number of the Dubliners joined the Club, preferring the 

 associations of the upper reaches of the river to the collecting 

 ground of the tidal portions. 



All was bustle at Drogheda getting the large party duly 

 provided with vehicles, but the proprietor of the White Horse 

 had endless resources apparently at his command, judging by 

 the imposing cavalcade of differently-assorted vehicles that 

 quickly wended their way through the narrow streets of 

 Drogheda. 



The road to the Obelisk could not be surpassed for pastoral 

 beauty, along the side of the river, past woods and rich 

 meadows, yellow with waving buttercups — all went to making 

 a scene of pleasing variety and prosperity not excelled in any 

 other part of Ireland. At the foot of King William's Glen the 

 party dismounted and viewed the Obelisk, erected on a rock on 

 the margin of the river to mark the spot where King William 



