t904- Moffat — Bats, Hedgehogs, and Frogs in Winter. 87 



Ballyhyland, Co. Wexford. 



THE FORMATION OF IRON ORE IN LOUGH NEAGH. 



BY GEORGE C. GOUGH, A.R.C.SC, F.G.S. 



My attention wa.s drawn some time ago to the iron ore of 

 Lough Neagh by Mr. Welch, who presented to Queen's 

 College, Belfast, a sample dredged from Lough Neagh in 1900, 

 and which was the subject of a note b}' him in the Irish 

 Naturalist for July, 1901. Soon after^ Mr. Pearson, of the 

 Larne Marine Station, brought me a specimen w^hich he had 

 dredged in the same lough, of what the fishermen there call 

 " cinders," and which are found in considerable quantities in 

 certain parts. These "cinders" are irregular in shape and size, 

 and are dark brown or black in colour, with a more or less 

 scoriaceous appearance. Their outer layer, which gives them 

 this appearance, can be flaked or broken off fairly easily, and 



