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with the great mountain-making movements to which the Alps and 

 Himalayas owe their origin and elevation above the sea-level. He 

 showed how these movements of elevation determined the present lines 

 of Europe, and traced the progress of the vanishing continent, illustrat- 

 ing each point by apt lantern illustrations. 



March 4.— Geological Section.— The practical value of grouping to- 

 gether, as a section, members who may be interested in any special study 

 has been demonstrated by the keen and increasing interest in botany and 

 geology shown at present in the Belfast Club. More than twenty 

 members turned out under Mr. Phillips' guidance to visit Scrabo, the 

 President (the Rev. C. H. Waddell) and a few botanists being present. 

 The excursion was arranged as a practical demonstration of Mr. 

 Phillips' geological " Talks." It is to be hoped that in future somewhat 

 similar courses for special study may be arranged for other branches of 

 natural historj 7 . 



Cork Naturalists' Field Club. 



February 9. — In the Large Hall of the Assembly Rooms, Mr R. 

 Lloyd Praeger delivered a lecture, under the joint auspices of the 

 Cork Literary and Scientific Society and the Cork Naturalists' Field Club, 

 on the recent visit of the Naturalists' Field Clubs to Kerry. Mr. J. L. 

 CopEMAN, President of the Cork Naturalists' Field Club, occupied the 

 chair. The lecturer traced the history of the growth of Naturalists' 

 Field Clubs in Ireland, which at present possessed four, at Belfast, 

 Dublin, Cork, and Limerick. A series of excursions was arranged 

 some years ago, and that with which he was about to deal was 

 the second of the triennial gatherings decided upon. The ex- 

 cursion was made to Kenmare early in the July of last year. Having 

 touched on the geological formation of the south-western portion 

 of Ireland, Mr. Praeger went on to detail the characteristics and 

 peculiarities of certain species of plants and animals which the ex- 

 cursionists had an opportunity of finding during their stay in Kerry. 

 Many of these were not to be found elsewhere, except in parts of Spain 

 and Portugal, and the sub-arctic regions of North America. Some 

 capital slides, by Mr. Robert Welch, of Belfast, were exhibited by the 

 lecturer, depicting the various plants and insects discovered, and the 

 many places of interest which were visited. 



