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colour—the whole forming one of the finest sections in the West of 
Scotland. Above the thin-bedded limestones are one or two thick 
beds of a yellowish sandstone ; this is overlain by the trap, which 
forms the whole of the upper part of the hill, and has been very 
much altered by it. The true age of these Ballagan beds is not 
yet very clearly established—some geologists referring them to the 
upper members of the Old Red Sandstone, and others to the Lower 
Carboniferous—the only fossils as yet found in them being some 
plant-remains (one a Lepidodendron) and obscure Annelide impres- 
sions on the flaggy sandstones. In the same beds in the Dumbarton 
district a few fragmentary fish-scales have been found, but too im- 
perfect for identification. In the Fintry district, one or two very 
thin seams of coal are said to occur in this group, but none appear 
in the section of Ballagan. Thin beds of fibrous and compact 
gypsum are found in them both there and in other localities. ‘The 
Ballagan beds are evidently intermediate between the Old Red Sand- 
stone—on which they appear to lie conformable—and the Carboni- 
ferous strata found farther to the east in the Campsie Valley; and 
from the thickness of the beds exposed in the various glens along the 
range of the Campsie Fells, they cannot be less than several hundred 
feet. Wherever exposed, their characteristics are much the same. 
The party then proceeded westward about three miles to Finich 
Glen—a deep gorge of the most picturesque character, cut by a 
mountain-stream through great thick beds of the Old Red Sand- 
stone. ‘The scenery of the Blane Valley is, perhaps, unequalled in 
the West of Scotland. On each side it is bounded by Trap-hills of 
varied height and form, showing numerous terraced escarpments, 
many of them finely wooded to the top. In the foreground are the 
conical hills of Dunfoyne, Dungoyne, and Dungoich, boldly rising 
from the valley ; while in the distance, to the westward, the view is 
closed in by the heights of Ben Lomond and the other hills of the 
Grampian range. The gorge of Finich Glen is narrow and deep, 
and the sides rise vertically from the bed of the stream to the height 
of nearly 100 feet, and are in some parts only 10 or 12 feet 
apart, and overhanging. In one part of the glen, a large tabulated 
mass of sandstone, called the ‘ Devil’s Pulpit,’ has been left standing 
in the bed of the stream. Here Mr. Young made some interesting 
remarks on the geological features of the district embraced in the 
day’s excursion ; and after a hearty vote of thanks had been passed 
to him for his services on the occasion, the party returned to Glasgow 
in the evening, highly delighted with the day’s proceedings.—J. F. 
Tue Matvern FieLp-cLus have this season devoted the funds 
at their disposal (arising from the entrance-fees of 1/. paid by each 
Member on joining the Club, and the annual subscription of Is. 
each) to the opening up of Sections, Tumuli, Drifts, &c., under the 
superintendence of their President, Honorary Secretary, and a Com- 
mittee. Two sections of Drift have already been opened at a 
small expense this season. The first was prepared in time for the 
June Meeting of the Club. The Drifts appertain to Mr. Prest- 
