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Prof. Haddon exhibited some specimens of Bythotrephcs, a grotesque 

 Water-flea with a long spiny tail, from Upper Lough Erne. 



Mr. Henry J. vSevmour showed a section of granite from the "Diamond 

 Rocks," Mourne Mountains, Co. Down, collected on the occasion of the 

 visit of the London Geologists' Association to that district last July. The 

 section showed a well defined micropegmatitic structure, the result of 

 the simultaneous development of the quartz and felspar cr3-stals in the 

 rock. Some parts of the section exhibited very well the radial arrange- 

 ment round porphyritic crystals of quartz. 



Bki^fast Naturawsts' F1E1.D Cr,UB. 



October 22. —The geological section met in the Club's Rooms. As this 

 was the closing meeting of the summer session, during which these 

 monthly meetings were inaugurated, the question of continuing theni 

 was discussed, and it was decided to meet on the second Wednesday in 

 each month until further notice. Mr. R. Bell exhibited an interesting 

 collection of Silurian fossils, including some Trilobites which he had 

 obtained at Pomeroy, and Mr. W.J. Fennell exhibited rhyolite from 

 Tardree. Contributions to the Club's collection of geological specimens 

 were made by Miss M. K. Andrews, and Messrs. Leo M. Bell, Robert Bell, 

 and A. G. Wilson. 



October 26. — The final geological excursion of the season took place 

 to Templepatrick Quarr>', about which Mr. ISI 'Henry, M.R.I. A., wrote 

 in the Geological Magazine for June. Favoured by brilliant sunshine, several 

 hours were .spent in studying and photographing the sections, where the 

 rhyolite is well seen, in conjunction with chalk and basalt, overlain with 

 boulder-clay. Heavy snow showers prevented the party from proceeding 

 to Ballypalady, but a large erratic boulder, relic of the great Ice Age, was 

 appropriately photographed in a snow-covered field. 



November 13. — The Geological section met to arrange the exhibits 

 at the Social Meeting as follows :— Miss M. K. Andrews, igneous and 

 metamorphic rocks ; Leo M. Bell, graptolites from Donaghadee ; R. Bell, 

 Silurian fossils from Pomeroy, Lias fossils from Yorkshire and Island 

 Magee, basaltic dyke at Ballygomartin ; J. O. Campbell, quartz crystals ; 

 W. Gray, quartz, altered chalk, etc. ; W. J. Fennell, fossil plants from 

 Lough Neagh beds, Carboniferous fossils, Armagh; G. M'Lean, gypsum 

 and igneous rocks, Divis ; J. Moore, Castlewellan granite, etc. ; Miss S. 

 ]\I. Thompson, Carboniferous fossils, Galway, Clare, and Aran Islands ; 

 Rhyolites, etc. ; Alec G. Wilson, graptolites, Donaghadee ; beryl and 

 topaz, Mourne Mountains, zeolites, carboniferous fossils, etc. Specimens 

 of columnar basalt and serpentine from a dyke were presented by R. Bell, 

 and granite from Castlewellan b}' J. Moore. 



November 14. — The thirty-third winter session was inaugurated by a 

 conversazione in the Exhibition Hall, when over 600 members and 

 friends attended. On this occasion the presence of some members of 

 the Dublin F^ield Club, and the fact that microscopy in all its branches 

 was the chief feature added to the interest. The business of the evening 

 began by the President (Mr. F. W. Lockwood, C.E.) offering a hearty 

 welcome to all present, and more especially to those who had come from 

 Dublin to assist their friends and co-workers in Belfast. This over, 



The President said he had a very pleasant duty to perform on that 

 occasion in offering to Mr. Wii<liam Gray, M.R.I. A., an albuni of local 

 photos, with an address, as a recognition of the valuable services to the 

 Club which he has rendered for many years. The album and illuminated 

 address were artistically produced by Messrs. Marcus Ward &. Co., the 

 photos being by Mr. R. Welch. The President called upon the Secretary 

 to read the address, and the album was then presented to Mr. Gray 

 amidst applause. Mr. Gray briefly replied, saying he would ever value 

 the presentation as another link connecting him with his many friends 

 in the Field Club and Belfast 



