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inspection, when Mrs. Lamb dispensed delicious raspberries and 

 cream — the raspberries being freshly plucked from Mr. Lamb's 

 own fruit farm of Sandymount. From Fruitfield the party drove 

 to the Portadown entrance of Richhill demesne, which they 

 entered by courtesy of Major Berry, M.R.I. A., a prominent 

 member of the Field Club. Here the members scattered to 

 follow their various hobbies, botanising or zoologising as their 

 tastes inclined. The demesne is specially interesting on account of 

 the many very fine beech and oak trees which it contains. When it 

 was enclosed part of the primeval forest was included, some repre- 

 sentatives of which still exist. Besides King William's stump, the 

 remains of a grand beech, to which the King is said to have tied 

 his horse and slept under when on his way to the Boyne, there 

 still remain many large trees, the greatest of which is a beech 18 

 feet 10 inches in circumference, and an oak with a girth of 17 feet 

 8 inches. A fine specimen of the white beam tree, Pyrus Aria, 

 one of our old native Irish trees, was seen covered with fruit. 



At 4-30 p.m. the members assembled at Richhill Castle, 

 where they were very graciously received by Mrs. Berry, and 

 entertained to tea on the terrace. After tea a short business 

 meeting was held — the President (Mr. N. FI. Foster, M.B.O.U.) 

 in the chair. Dr. Berry read a telegram from Major Berry, 

 M.R.I.A., who was unavoidably absent, welcoming the Club to 

 Richhill Castle. Mr. William Gray, M.R.I. A., proposed a vote of 

 thanks to the various persons to whom the Club was indebted — 

 to Mr. Lee, of Ballywilly, for guidance and information at 

 Castleraw ; to the Rev. Mr. Jones, for permission to visit Kilmore 

 old church ; to Mr. and Mrs. Hobson, of Kilmore, for hospitality 

 accorded ; to Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, for entertainment and per- 

 mission to visit Fruitfield Factory ; and to Major and Mrs. 

 Berry for their kind invitation to the Club to visit Richhill, and 

 for their generous hospitality ; and to Dr. Berry for his unceasing 

 services during the day, as conductor. The motion was seconded 



