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at the historic Boyne, where to the impossible attempt to 

 crowd 126 persons in and out of the New Grange tumuhis 

 in one hour, the horrors of a full-blown famine succeeded. 

 A word of praise is due to the Northern Counties Railway 

 Company, who treated the visitors most hospitably — providing 

 special trains for the parties, and even acting as hosts on 

 excursions. The Great Northern also gave ample facilities. 

 The County Down Railway Company do not appear to have 

 risen so well to the importance of the occasion. The respon- 

 sibility for delay on the Newcastle excursion appears to rest 

 chiefly on them. The largest party at any of the excursions 

 was 325 at the Giant's Causeway. The total number who took 

 part in the official excursions on Saturday was 701, or less 

 than one-half of the number of members and associates pre- 

 sent at the meeting. We append a very brief account of the 

 various excursions. 



Thursday, September ii. 



Giant's Ring. — Mr. Gray conducted a party of sixty to the 

 Giant's Ring on Thursday afternoon. The party drove from 

 Queen's College, crossing the I^agan at Shaw's Bridge. The 

 conductor and Rev. G. Buick. LI^.D., briefly described the 

 features of the great earthwork and cromleac. 



Squire's Hii^i, and Cave Hirx. — I^eader — Prof. G. A. J.Cole, 

 assisted by Robert Bell and J. St. J. Phillips. A party of 

 sixty drove to the Horseshoe Bend at foot of Ijgoniel. They 

 visited the numerous sections of Glauconitic Sands, Yellow 

 Sands, Glauconitic Chalk, and Upper Chalk, all penetrated by 

 basalt dykes and capped by basalt lavas. Mr. R. Bell's 

 intimate knowledge of these deposits was constantly called 

 upon by the members. From an elevated view-point Prof. 

 Cole briefly detailed the leading points in the geology of 

 the Belfast district. The party returned by Cave Hill quarry 

 and Old Cave Hill road. 



Friday, September 12. 



Beechmount. — Leader— G. W. I^amplugh. A party of thirty- 

 five visited the fine exposures of Keuper Sandstones, near the 

 gate.s of the City Cemetery, subsequently passing on to sections 



