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Pseudo-Scorpion, Chthonius rayi\ also proved an addition to the 

 County's fauna. 



There was no fixed programme for Sunday, and several of 

 the members visited the many places of interest in Drogheda, 

 some of them being kindly entertained during the afternoon by 

 Mr. and Mrs. Walker at their beautiful residence, The Sycamores. 

 Others visited the celebrated tumuli of Dowth and Newgrange, 

 and during dinner regaled those who had not accompanied them 

 with graphic descriptions of their adventures among these pre- 

 historic remains. 



The conchologists of the party made a pilgrimage to Temple 

 Demesne, at Collon, County Louth, the first-known locality for 

 the land-shell Vitrina hibernica. They were rewarded by finding 

 it alive in abundance in all stages of growth under dead leaves and 

 twigs. Returning from Collon, via Mellifont, this rare shell was 

 taken on the Meath side of the Mattock River, opposite the 

 famous abbey, thus extending its known range into a second 

 county division. The botanists with this party noted the alien. 

 Medick, Medicago falcata, near Collon, in Meath, and Rubia 

 peregrina near Monasterboice. 



Seven o'clock on Monday morning saw a group of en- 

 thusiastic members wending their way to a gravel-pit, where an 

 hour was spent by the geologists in noting the somewhat peculiar 

 stratification of the sands and gravels, and obtaining examples of 

 the* " erratics " for further investigation, whilst the ornithologist 

 studied the bird life of the river and its banks. Subsequently the 

 train was taken for Kells, and on arrival there the members were 

 conducted to the church. In the churchyard stand the remains — 

 about ninety feet high — of a round tower and several richly- 

 decorated crosses, and almost an hour was spent in the examination 

 and photographing of these relics of a long past age. The opinion 

 was expressed that the old church tower adjoining the modern 

 building should be denuded of its encircling ivy, which is proving 

 a source of great danger to the structure. The next object visit I 



