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BEI^FAST NATURAI.ISTS' FlEl<D Cl,UB. 



September 12.— The Geoi^ogicai, Section on their last formal ex- 

 cursion for this season went to Kilroot, studying the sections of Trias with 

 abundant veins of gypsum, relics of the great lakes whose rock-salt is so 

 invaluable in the present day. A walk along the coast gave plenty of 

 time to ransack the Cretaceous rocks about Whitehead, where abundant 

 sponges and other characteristic fossils were obtained. An informal 

 meeting was held after tea, during which it was suggested that at the 

 monthly meetings in the museum small field excursions should from 

 time to time be organised. 



September 30.— The Gkoi^ogicai, Section met. Mr. F. W. Lockwood 

 in the chair. A small collection of fossils, recently gathered in a chalk-pit 

 in Kent, were shown by the secretary. Boulder clay deposits at Dromore 

 and on Black Mountain, recently visited by members of the section, were 

 described, in each of which two clays, differing in colour and texture, as 

 well as in the nature of their stony contents, were observed. At Dromore 

 the usual red boulder clay overlies a very tough blue clay, which rests 

 upon beautifully smoothed Ordovician rocks. At Black Mountain the 

 lower stratum is brown, similarly overlaid with red clay. In both places 

 the lower deposit is tough, and well filled with beautifully glaciated 

 stones. A letter from Mr. Kilroe, of the Geological Survey, having been 

 read, arrangements for the expedition to Marino on the loth inst. 

 terminated the meeting. 



October 10.— In spite of somewhat inclement weather, a small geo- 

 logical party visited the Triassic and Carboniferous beds at Cultra. 

 After inspecting the well-known fault on the shore which has brought 

 up the Carboniferous rocks on a level with Triassic beds, the ardour of 

 the geologists was rewarded by the acquisition of some good specimens 

 of Modiola Macadami and scales of Holoptychius Portlockii, 



Dubinin Naturai^ists' Fiei.d Ci^ub. 



September 26.— Woodi^ands.— The Club held the last excursion of 

 the season. The i.o o'clock tram was taken to Lucan, and some hours 

 were busily spent in collecting fungi. The larger sorts, such as agarics 

 and Boleti, were almost over, but a good harvest was obtained amono- the 

 smaller forms. Tea at Lucan was followed by an hour's exhibition of 

 the specimens collected, and a demonstration by Mr. Greenwood Pim 

 and Dr. E. J. M'Weeney, who will report in due course on the rarer 

 species gathered. 



