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5th January^ 1^97' 



Professor J. D, Everett, f.r.s., d.c.l., in the Chair. 



Mr. L. L. Macassey, Barrister-at-Law, m.inst.c.e., read a 

 Paper entitled — 



"A RUN THROUGH THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS." 



The Chairman having briefly introduced the lecturer. 



Mr. Macassey then proceeded with his paper, in the course 

 of which he said that when the Secretary of the Society asked 

 him some little time ago to read a paper he felt great difficulty 

 in giving an answer. The secretary had suggested that he 

 should take up the subject of the Mourne district, because it 

 had a special interest to residents and ratepayers in Belfast. 

 The Mourne country possessed very fine natural features, and 

 the district had been selected by the water authority in Belfast 

 as the source of the future water supply for the city and district. 

 For these two reasons he had given his lecture the title it bore. 

 The lecturer then referred at length to the scenery of the 

 various interesting points of the Mourne district, his remarks 

 being illustrated by a number of fine lantern slides from original 

 photographs taken by Mr. K. Welch. A word of praise was 

 given to the manager and officials of the County Down Railway 

 Company for the excellent and comfortable train service the 

 pubUc enjoyed on their line. Views were shown along the 

 coast road from Newcastle past Bloody Bridge and towards the 

 water shed the Mourne drainage scheme is designed to tap. 

 Mr. Macassey also described at length the Silent or Happy- 

 Valley, which will be used as an immense natural reservoir for 

 storing the water from the surrounding country, and said when 



