[Proc. B.N.F.C. 



Iproceebings* 



SUMMER SESSION. 



LEITRIM AND CASTLEWELLAN. 



The first excursion of the Forty-fourth Summer Session 

 took place on May 19th, the place selected being the- district 

 newly opened up between Leitrim and Castlewellan by the Great 

 Northern Railway Co. Sixty-seven members and friends travelled 

 down by the 10 a.m. Newcastle Express, and alighting at 

 Leitrim Station, paid a visit to Magheramayo Fort, a large 

 circular mound, of which the greater part of the enclosing 

 rampart still remains intact, and is surrounded by a deep fosse. 

 A souterrain exists here, though the entrance to it is now 

 partially filled up. After leaving the fort, the party walked to 

 M'Cartan's granite quarries at Ballymagreshan, and from here 

 another rather long walk brought the party to Castlewellan 

 shortly before three o'clock. An adjournment was made to the 

 Castle grounds and gardens, kindly thrown open tO' the Club by 

 Lord Annesley, where the remainder of the afternoon was spent. 

 The party met for tea at the Annesley Arms at six o'clock, after 

 which a short business meeting was held, under the chairman- 

 ship of the President, Mr. W. FL Phillips. A hearty vote of 

 thanks was passed to Lord Annesley, on the motion of the 

 President, seconded by the Vice-President, Mr. Nevin H. Foster. 

 And four new members — ^Richard Bailie, Wm. Shaw, W. J. 

 Wakeman, and J. W. Storey — 'being elected, terminated the 

 formal business of the day. The 8 o'clock train from Castle- 

 wellan brought the party back to Belfast at 9-15. 



The Entomologists and Conchologists reported few captures. 

 The Botanists discovered the Mountain Fern {Lasirea Oreopteris), 



