224 



[Proc. B.N.F.C 



the Cathedral and St. Patrick's grave. After tea at the Down 

 Hunt Arms Hotel a short business meeting was held, Mr. Joseph 

 Maxwell in the chair, and afterwards the members returned to 

 Belfast. 



GLASLOUGH. 



The seventh excursion of the Summer session took place on 

 4th September, when twenty-seven members and friends entrained 

 at Belfast in specially-reserved carriages and travelled by the 9-30 

 a.m. train to Glaslough. Here they were met by Mr. W. F. de 

 V. Kane, D.L., M.R.I.A., who conducted the party to the 

 demesne of Colonel Leslie, D.L., who had kindly granted per- 

 mission to the Club for the exploration of his place. Passing 

 from the entrance gates towards the house the many species of 

 exotic conifers and other trees and shrubs absorbed the attention 

 of the members, and on reaching the terrace on which the house 

 stands all paused to admire the view embracing Glaslough Lake, 

 backed by woods just beginning to assume the mellow tints of 

 Autumn. The house itself is a modern structure of imposing 

 appearance which was erected in 1S78 by Sir John Leslie, Bart. 

 Mrs. Leslie received the party and conducted them through the 

 house, pointing out the many art treasures — mainly amassed by 

 Sir John Leslie — which it contains. During his travels in Italy 

 Sir John had succeeded in acquiring numerous pictures by the 

 old masters, and these, with many others elsewhere obtained, as 

 well as the pictures and wall decorations limned by Sir John 

 himself, strongly appealed to the artistic faculties of the party. 

 Among the treasures displayed mention may be made of the 

 porcelain mantelpiece, above which are exhibited a fine series of 

 blue and black Wedgewood miniatures, Wordsworth's harp, and a 

 fine case of prehistoric implements in stone and bronze collected 

 in the neighbourhood. Several cases of stuffed birds proved of 

 interest to the ornithologists of the party. In these were included 

 specimens of the golden eagle, buzzard, peregrine falcon, black 



