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BRITISH ASSOCIATION AND 

 ISLE OF MAN. 



AFTER the sixty-sixth meeting, which is to be 

 held in Liverpool, from September i6th to 

 23rd, it has been arranged that there' shall be 

 a special scientific excursion to the Isle of Man, 

 extending over five days, from Thursday, Sep- 

 tember 24th, to Monday, September 28th, inclusive. 



The party will break up into four sections (I. 

 Archffiologists, II. Geologists, III, Zoologists, and 

 IV. Botanists), to be conducted by competent 

 leaders over those parts of the island which offer 

 special attractions for scientific study. The 

 geology of the Island is varied and interesting, 

 especially as regards the dynamic alteration of 

 the older Palasozoic rocks, the Volcanic series 

 and the richly fossiliferous Limestone of the Car- 

 boniferous age, and the wide developments of the 

 Glacial Deposits ; the Prehistoric, Scandinavian 

 and other early remains are celebrated ; the 

 marine fauna and flora are abundant, and the 

 presence of the Liverpool Marine Biological 

 Station at Port Erin affords facilities for dredging 

 expeditions and other biological work. 



The detailed programme for the several sections 

 has been arranged by a Committee of the Isle of 

 Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 

 acting along with representatives appointed by the 

 Liverpool Executive Committee for the British 

 Association meeting; and a special handbook, 

 containing a short account of the geology, anti- 

 quities, and natural history of the Island, illustrated 

 by a geological map and a chart, has been drawn 

 up by Mr. P. M. C. Kermode, Mr. G. W. Laraplugh, 

 and Professor Herdman. 



The tickets (including the hotel and other 

 expenses while travelling in the island, and a copy 

 of the handbook) will be three guineas each, and 

 must be applied for (the applicant stating at the 

 time which section he intends to join) before noon 

 on Saturday, September 19th, at the Reception 

 Room, Liverpool. 



The party leaves Prince's Landing Stage, Liver- 

 pool, on Thursday, September 24th, at 11.30 a.m. 

 The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Limited, 

 have most courteously offered to convey the British 

 Association party to and from the island, free of 

 charge, by one of their best equipped and fastest 

 steamers, which will probably make the passage in 

 about three and a half hours. 



Section II. — Geologists. 



Leaders: Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 

 and G. W. Lamplugh, F.G.S., of H.M. Geological 

 Survey. 



Thursday, 24th. — Reception by H.E. the Lieut. - 

 Governor at Government House, etc. Head- 

 quarters at Sefton Hotel, Douglas. 



Friday, 25th. — Train at 9.30 a.m. to Castletown, 

 arrive 10.7. Walk to Castle Rushen, and then on 

 to Stack of Scarlet, and thence to Poyllvaaish (see 

 Carboniferous Limestones and Contemporaneous 

 Volcanic Series). Meet carriages at Poyllvaaish, 

 lunch at George Hotel, Castletown, and drive to 

 Langness (see base of Carboniferous Rocks and 

 Skiddaw Slates), and then on to railway station 

 at Ballasalla. Train or carriage to Douglas. 



Saturday, 26th. — Electric railway at g.33 a.m. 

 to Laxey, and on to Snaefell. (General view of 

 island, and Metamorphism of Skiddaw Slates.) 

 Meet carriages near the Hut, and drive to Tholt-y- 

 Will. Lunch i p.m., drive down the Glen, stopping 



at various points (see Crush-conglomerates of 

 Skiddaw Rocks, etc.) on the way to Ramsey. 

 Steamer at 6 p.m. back to Douglas. 



Monday, 28th. —Carriage at 9.30 a.m. for Crosby, 

 Rockmount (see intrusive dykes in Skiddaws), 

 Lhoob-y-Reeast, Peel (see Red Sandstones, etc.. 

 Lunch at Greg Malin Hotel i p.m. (see Peel Castle, 

 etc.) Drive to Fo.xdale (see Lead Mines and 

 Granite outcrop), and then on to Douglas. Final 

 dinner with the other Sections at Sefton Hotel, 

 Douglas. 



Section III. — Zoologists. 



Leaders ; Professor W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., and 

 I. C. Thompson, F.L.S.. 



Thursday, 24th. — Reception at Government 

 House, etc., as before. Train at 5.10 p.m. for 

 Port Erin. Head-quarters at Bellevue Hotel. 



Friday, 25th. — If the weather is suitable, the day 

 will be spent in dredging, etc., from a steamer, 

 probably to the west of the Isle of Man. If 

 dredging is impossible, there is shore-collecting, 

 tow-netting in the bay, and work in the Biological 

 Station to fall back upon. 



Saturday, 26th. — Train at 10.40 to Castletown 

 (arrive at 10.56). See Castle Rushen. Return to 

 Port Erin by 12.22 train. Lunch at Bellevue 

 Hotel. Take Section I. over Biological Station. 

 Walk with Sections I. and IV. to Neolithic Circle 

 on Meayll Hill. See Cregneish, Chasms, etc., and 

 return to Port Erin. 



Monday, 28th. — If weather is suitable take 

 steamer to Ramsey, dredging on the way along the 

 east side of island. Lunch at Queen's Hotel, 

 Ramsey, i p.m. (If time permits join Section I. in 

 seeing collection at Masonic Rooms.) Dredge from 

 steamer on way back to Douglas. 



Section IV. — Botanists. 



Leaders: Professor F. E. Weiss, B.Sc, and Rev. 

 S. A. P. Kermode, M.A. 



Thursday, 24th. — Reception at Government 

 House, etc., as before. See Mr. Okell's Garden 

 and Collection of Veronicas. Train at 5.10 (with 

 III.) to Port Erin. Head-quarters at Bellevue 

 Hotel. 



Friday, 25th. — Carriages g.30 ; drive by" Round 

 Table "to Peel over the mountains. Lunch (with I.) 

 at Creg Malin Hotel. See Castle, etc. Car- 

 riages to Foxdale, Malew, and back to Port Erin. 



Saturday, 26th.— Train (or walk by shore) to 

 Castletown. See Castle Rushen (with I. and III ) 

 Train at 12.22 to Port Erin. Lunch (with I. and 

 III.). Visit Biological Station and Port Erin Shore. 

 Walk with I. and III. to Neolithic Circle on Meayll 

 Hill, then on to Chasms, and back to Port Erin. 

 There is good shore collecting at Port Erin, at 

 Port St. Mary, and at various intermediate points. 



Monday, 28th.— Train at 9.18 a.m. to Douglas. 

 Carriages to Laxey, electric railway to Snaefell. 

 Meet carriages near Hut. Drive to Tholt-y-Will. 

 Lunch I p.m. Drive down Glen and through 

 Curraghs (Marsh Plants) to Ballamooar, Jurby 

 (Gardens, Conifers, etc.), back through Curraghs 

 to Ballaugh railway station. Train at 5.10 p.m. 

 for Douglas. Final dinner and stay night at 

 Sefton Hotel, Douglas. 



The Honorary Committee consists of His 

 Honour Deemster Gill, J. W. CHnch, Esq., Rev. 

 S. N. Harrison, B.A., P. M. C. Kermode, Esq., 

 F.S. A.Scot., G. W. Lamplugh, Esq., F.G.S. for the 

 Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 

 Prof, W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., I. C. Thompson, 

 Esq., F.L.S., for the Liverpool Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



