252 The Irish Naturalist, [ Oct., 



AI.G^ FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF BELFAST 



LOUGHi. 



(Dredged by the B. N. F. C. Expedition, 4tli July, 1896.) 

 BY PROF. T. JOHNSON, D.SC, AND MISS R. HENSMAN. 



To the request of the B.N.F.C. Secretaries, that we of the 

 Dublin Field Club who happened to possess any special know- 

 ledge of marine fauna and flora investigation, should go over 

 and help them, there could be, having regard to the kindly 

 welcome for which Belfast is noted, but one answer. Accord- 

 ingly Dr. C. H. Htirst, H. Lyster Jameson, Miss Hensman, 

 and I, joined the dredging excursion, of which some of the 

 results are here recorded. 



Remembering that the weather was so rough the day the 

 excursion took place that the Belfast Regatta was postponed, 

 ihe results of the excursion, as recorded below, must be con- 

 sidered satisfactory. A little organization of the enthusiasts 

 who faced the lough on the 4th of July should produce 

 some good algologists. 



The Belfast Field Club would do a splendid piece of natural 

 history work, if it would make such arrangements as would 

 enable some of its members to examine thoroughly, by shore- 

 hunting and dredging, the coast of Co. Antrim, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Cushendall and Cushendun. Practically nothing 

 has been added to the knowledge of the marine flora of the 

 N. K. of Ireland since the time of Harvey, when, mainly 

 through the work of W. Thompson and Dr. D. Moore, the 

 district was as well known as any other. 



During the past few years a committee has been investigating 

 the marine flora of the Clyde sea area, and, thanks more 

 especially to E. A. L- Batters (whose lists have been published), 

 a better knowledge of this district is now possessed. Several 

 competent members of the Club (whose names need not be 

 mentioned) should be encouraged to do a similar piece of work 

 for the N. E. of Ireland. 



So far as time has allowed the examination of the material 

 collected to proceed, some sixty species have been identified, 

 of which the more interesting are here given. 



• For a general account of the Dredging Excursion on which these 

 algse were obtained, see pp. 245-6. 



