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Huddersfield, and supported by Rev. W. L. Carter, a cordial vote 

 of thanks was accorded to Mr. Robert Patterson, to whose 

 strenuous exertions the success of the excursion was entirely due, 

 and Mr. Patterson thanked the members in felicitous terms. 



Punctually to time, 9-15 on Tuesday morning, the procession 

 of cars started from the hotel door, our destination being the 

 Mintiaghs Lakes. 



Shortly after scheduled time the pass between Lake Fad and 

 Lake Namin was reached and work commenced. Some of the 

 members ascended " The King of the Mintiaghs " (Barnan More, 

 1,044 feet), while others were content with the ascent of the 

 neighbouring lower peak, " The Queen of the Mintiaghs." The 

 botanists and zoologists, visited Lake Fad and afterwards Lake 

 Namin, which contains two elevated and wooded islands. To one 

 of these access proved possible by a causeway, and it yielded 

 Helix rotundata, not expected at such an elevation ; Pupa anglica, 

 not previously recorded from East Donegal, together with many 

 other species of molluscs, as well as dragon flies, spiders, and 

 terrestrial isopods. In the lake was found the somewhat rare 

 plant the Water Lobelia, and around it was observed that bird of 

 the mountain and moorland the ring-ousel. In the time at our 

 disposal only a hurried survey was possible, and we hastened to 

 the lower lake, a mile distant, at the southern end of which the 

 cars were waiting us, which were remounted, the hotel reached at 

 two o'clock, and after luncheon a special train at 3-25 conveyed 

 the party to Londonderry. Here conveyances were in waiting to 

 bring the members to the Municipal Museum, Brooke Park, 

 where they were introduced to Mr. J. P. Roulstone, J. P., 

 chairman of the Parks and Museum Committee, and Mr. W. J. 

 Robinson, city surveyor, representing the Corporation, by Mr. D. C. 

 Campbell, J. P., the founder and honorary curator. Mr. Campbell 

 then conducted the members through the museum and explained 

 the scheme followed in arranging the exhibits. 



