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the promise fulfilled. On the almost simultaneous conclusion of 

 lunch and rain the party were conducted to the entrance to 

 Newtown Alt, a glen which, in the opinion of all the members, 

 exceeds in beauty any of the glens with which they were acquainted. 

 This glen, provided with a well-made path ascending the hill for 

 almost a mile along the now dry river's bed, which was clothed 

 with mosses looking their very freshest after the heavy rain of the 

 previous night, has its sides embowered with various species of 

 ferns and many flowering plants in wild luxuriance. The sides, 

 now perpendicular cliffs and anon sloping banks, rise to an altitude 

 of about two hundred feet from the bed of the stream, and as one 

 climbs the easy gradients of the winding path fresh beauties are 

 i evealed at every turn. On reaching the road at the top of the 

 t;len the cars were waiting, but a heavy downpour drove all to 

 shelter for upwards of an hour, by which time the elements 

 appeared to have expended their fury and the homeward journey 

 was commenced. Time having been lost owing to the rain the 

 party were unable to ascend O'Rourke's Table as had been 

 intended and the party returned direct to the hotel for dinner. 



Wednesday morning saw the members busily engaged in 

 packing up, and after breakfast farewells were exchanged with our 

 • ourteous hosts, and the party drove to the station for the 10-53 

 train. On arrival at Enniskillen, where there was an hour's wait, 

 the members were entertained to tea, and departing from Ennis- 

 killen at 1-30 reached Belfast at 5 o'clock. 



In working out the scientific results of the excursion the 

 following ladies and gentlemen, whose initials are appended to 

 their paragraphs, have assisted : — Mrs. Stelfox, B.Sc, Miss Jane 

 Stephens, B.Sc, Miss M. W. Rea, Messrs. D. R. Pack Beresford, 

 D.L., M.R.I.A., Nevin H. Foster, F.L.S., M.R.I. A., H. Wallis 

 Kew, F.Z.S., R. LI. Praeger, B.A., B.E., M.R.I. A., C. M. Selbie, 

 B.Sc, and A. W. Stelfox, M.R.I.A. 



