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beetles and plants were here obtained, though none were of 

 much rarity. After a hearty lunch on the sward and a pleasant 

 mingling with an interesting peasantry, cars were again mounted, 

 and the drive made into Cavan in time to collect luggage, have 

 some tea, and catch the train home, Belfast being reached at 

 half-past eight. The excursion, though not to so novel a 

 district as that of last year to Galway, was nevertheless a most 

 enjoyable one, partly due to the good fortune in there being 

 only one heavy shower during the whole stay, and that on 

 Sunday morning, and partly owing to the beauty of the country 

 and the general lack of acquaintance with its various picturesque 

 features in wood and lake. The mingling of North and South 

 was again appreciated by all present, and added much to the 

 social pleasures of the excursion. The members were much 

 indebted to friends in Cavan for their attention during the 

 Club's visit to their district. 



IS August 

 SLIEVE GALLION. 



The party to Slieve Gallion, numbering over twenty, leaving 

 the Northern Counties Station at eight o'clock, arriving at 

 Moneymore at ten, a through carriage having been provided by 

 the Railway. Cars were at once taken, and the drive will be a 

 pleasant recollection to all the party, the hedgerows being 

 bright with blackberries and honeysuckle. Arriving at Lough 

 Fea, the secretary announced that a boat was on the lake to 

 explore the crannoge showing so conspicuously in the centre, 

 and that permission had been given by Colonel Poe to pass 

 through his woods. He then read a short notice of the geology 

 of the district, written by Professor Cole, who had been working 

 out the local rocks, the main features being the intrusion of 

 granite in pre-carboniferous times into the much older pyroxenic 

 and hornblendic rocks, formerly supposed to have been altered 

 shales and sandstones, but now recognised as being volcanic in 



