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Adam Turner, going by the Crumlin Road over the hills, 



where the prospect of the lough spread out like a map, with the 



smoky city in the foreground, looked pleasant in the sunshine. 



Was it not on these hills that Niece O'Haughan, the famous 



Antrim outlaw, had his place of hiding ? Many an unwary 



traveller from the mud-walled city of Belfast regretted his 



tarrying at the Donegall Arms or the White Cross Inn when 



darkness overtook him at the Catcarn. The undaunted Niece 



eyed the fat farmer returning to Ballyutoag with the price of 



his season's crop in his pocket, and if the treasured pelf was not 



easily parted with a nasty "job " soon effected the transfer. 



No timid thoughts troubled the members as they drove through 



the rich stretches of Killead parish over the Clady Water and 



past the sleepy little village of Crumlin to Langford Lodge, the 



home of the Rev. Arthur H. Pakenham, J.P. The hospitality 



of the Pakenham family was extended to the members, the 



grounds and house being freely opened by the owner, and the 



many and rare objects of interest and value placed on exhibition. 



The Pakenhams have long been a race of soldiers, and it was 



hard to know which to admire more — the relics of a past martial 



glory, tattered flags from British victories in the Peninsula, with 



personal adornments and trophies of many a stiff encounter, or 



the unique and wonderful collection of valuable stones, plain 



and utilised for the ordinary articles of a luxurious household. 



Pistols taken from the carriage of King Joseph at the battle of 



Vittoria by General Pakenham were carefully examined, whilst 



the great petrified trunk of Araucaria excelsa brought from 



Arizona, polished on the top, showing beautiful hues, attracted 



attention ; but selection is invidious where every object was of 



interest either from appearance or association. After leaving 



the house the lawns and gardens were visited, the admirable 



collection of old herbaceous plants being quite a feature, affording 



such a relief to the usual stiff carpet bedding seen of late at 



gentlemen's houses. Great clumps of the Anemone japonica 



mingled with marguerites and dahlias, phloxes, verbenas, and 



tropaeolums, each vieing with the other in hue and form. The 



