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competition the winner was closely pressed by Mr. William 

 Porter, whose list was especially rich in species of the sedge 

 family. 



LOUGH SWILLY DISTRICT. 



The place selected for this year's long excursion was that 

 portion of County Donegal known as the Inishowen Peninsula, 

 which lies between the Atlantic Ocean on the east and Lough 

 Swilly on the west, and all arrangements for the trip were entrusted 

 to the President of the Club, Mr. Robert Patterson, F.L.S., 

 M.R.I. A. As was to be expected from his ability and experience, 

 everything ran smoothly, and the programme was carried out 

 without the slightest hitch. 



Almost fifty members and friends took part in one of the 

 most enjoyable excursions in the annals of the Club's many 

 successful ventures. 



The party started from the Northern Counties Station at 8-25 

 a.m. on the nth July, and arrived at Buncrana in time for lunch. 

 Immediately after lunch the drive to Dunree Head was com- 

 menced under a drizzling rain, which had increased to a heavy 

 downpour by the time our destination was reached, but its effects 

 were minimised by the kind hospitality of the officers of the Antrim 

 Artillery here encamped, who not only granted a refuge in their 

 tents, but entertained their visitors to afternoon tea. A corporal 

 of the Royal Garrison Artillery showed the details of the gun 

 mechanism, &c, and the members viewed with great interest the 

 4.7 guns, weapons pregnant with reminiscences of Ladysmith. 

 The more active members of the party had descended to the strand 

 of Crummie's Bay and worked up the Owenerk River, where they 

 found the Royal fern and the Irish spurge, this being one of the 

 two known Northern stations for the latter plant. At six o'clock 

 the cars were again mounted, and justice was meted out to an 

 excellent dinner served shortly after our arrival in the hotel. 



