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waiting, and provided by the proprietors of the White Horse 

 Hotel, and proceeding through the quaint city full of old-time 

 memories, the party went briskly forward along the valley of 

 the Boyne, keeping to " King William's " side of the river, 

 until the site of the iamous^battle was reached, where the party 

 dismounted to visit the obelisk which marks the site, com- 

 memorates the victory, and records the death ol William's 

 great General. The points of -local interest were shown and 

 discussed, and many were the questions asked, and the intel- 

 ligent drivers allowed no point of local topography to escape 

 attention. No sooner had the excursion started from Belfast 

 than one of the genial features of the Club became apparent in 

 the friendly desire of those who knew the country to point out 

 and explain the localities passed through, their physical 

 condition, and the history that has made many of them famous. 

 No item seems too small or insignificant, for some specialist 

 takes it, and describing it, clothes it with a charm, that, taking 

 root, has been the beginning of many a study that has not 

 infrequently produced a specialist of no mean worth. 



Continuing the drive along the Valley of the Boyne, winding 

 in and out of the river, the great charm of the summer fullness, 

 the gladness of the ''leafy month of June," became apparent 

 in the constant changing landscape beauties of one of the most 

 magnificent valleys of Ireland, and many and constant were the 

 expressions of delight called forth by the great panorama, as it 

 unfolded its naturally-coloured pictures. One of the great 

 attractions was the unusual profusion of wild flowers that 

 seemed never ending. The once snowy hawthorn, now blushing 

 faintly before its fall, followed fast on by the golden yellow 

 clusters of the laburnum, which seemed to be luxuriously at 

 home, to say nothing of the climbing roses that gable-end after 

 gable-end supported, and the flowing masses of the rhododen- 

 drons, all in the rich setting of colours, that make a summer 

 perfect. 



Arriving at the Hill of Dowth another halt was made to 

 inspect the sepulchral chambers of which this mound seems to 



