t04 The Irish Naturalist. October, 



Having an hour to spare before starting home, a visit was paid to the 

 Cathedral and St. Patrick's grave, some of the lady members also visiting 

 the old jail. The botanists found that the very rare plant Galium 

 Cruciata, was still to be found on The Dun, and Erinus alpinus still 

 flourishes on the jail wall. 



August ii. — Over sixty members accompanied by a few friends, 

 visited Carrickfergus district under the conductorship of T. E. Osborne 

 and G. C. Reilly. Char-a-bancs were in waiting to convey them to Duncrue 

 Fort neighbourhood. The adjoining ruins of Killyann Church, " the 

 church by the river," were visited. Nothing remains of this ancient 

 building except a portion of the west wall. 



Returning to the road, the char-a-bancs were again mounted to bring 

 the party to the " Commons Farm " Dining Hall for tea. Afterwards 

 a short business meeting was held — R. S. Lepper, M.A., presiding in the 

 absence of the President — -when several new members were elected, and 

 Mr. Robert Bell gave a brief address on the geological features of the 

 Woodburn district, pointing out that as the river had cut out a deep 

 channel below the level of the surrounding country, sections of the different 

 geological strata of County Antrim were well exposed in turn. 



By permission of the Belfast and District Water Commissioners their 

 works were then visited. 



From the lower entrance to the waterworks a short walk brought the 

 party to Carrickfergus, where the Rector of St. Nicholas, the Rev. Canon 

 M'Neice, M.A., B.D., gave a sketch of the history of the ancient town 

 and Church. 



September i. — A large party motored via Ballenure, Larne, and the 

 Coast Road to Cushendun and Cushendall, returning via Glenariff and 

 Ballymena. A most enjoyable day was spent and the well-known geolo- 

 gicaland botanical features of the district were seen to advantage. The 

 great distance covered allowed very little time for field-work. 



September 15. — Meeting the conductors (R. Bell and R. J. Welch) 

 at the County Down Railway terminus, the Field Club party, on arrival 

 at Dundrum, were conducted to the pre-historic sites near the south end 

 oi the Inner Bay. Some flint scrapers rewarded the searchers, and the 

 material collected contained, in addition to the flint finds, pieces of pottery, 

 some ornamented, many pot boilers, stone hammers and two anvil stones ; 

 food shells were not abundant, and no well-formed arrowheads were found. 



After tea many of the party climbed the hill to visit the old castle, 

 which has the most perfect circular Norman keep in Ireland. 



A short business meeting after tea, D. Elliott, B.A., in the chair, was 

 held to elect seven senior and one junior members. 



