Waterloo, and the whole party dismounted to examine the 

 very excellent geological section here exhibited, showing the 

 Chalk, Greensand, Lias, and the Keuper marls in situ. Many of 

 the party secured good specimens of the characteristic fossils, 

 particularly the Gryphea incurva, commonly called in the 

 locality " witches' cradles." Specimens of pentacrenites were 

 also picked up, called " wall-stones," by the people of Larne.* 

 Again taking their seats on the car the high level of the road 

 afforded a general view of the day's route. Throughout its 

 entire length the main geological features are the same. The 

 several headlands that embolden the coast-line owe their origin 

 to protecting arms or branches of trap that extend outward 

 all round the margin of the great Trappean plateau, covering 

 the County Antrim and the greater part of Derry ; inland 

 they form the high hills of Carntogher, Benbradagh, Keady, 

 and Benyevenagh ; while along the Antrim coast they crown 

 the heights of Ballygally, Ticmacraven, Ardclinis, and Layd ; 

 and thus protecting the headlands leave the intervening 

 valleys or glens to be worn away by the influence of time and 

 the elements ; we have, therefore, barren, rough, and rugged 

 headlands, alternating with deep worn glens, that charm the 

 spectator by the richness of their verdure, and reward the 

 husbandman by the fertility of their produce. The first of 

 these headlands from Larne is Ballygally Head, formed of 

 perpendicular masses of semi-columnar basalt, the so-called 

 " corn sacks" of the fanciful. Having rounded Ballygally 

 Head, a fine open well-cultivated country, unseen before, 

 presented itself, the surrounding hills enclosing a rich, varied, 

 and cultivated landscape, sloping down in undulating waves to 

 the water's edge. Arriving at Ballygally Coastguard Station 

 a plentiful supply of the little rue fern (Asplenium ruta- 

 muraria) was found on the walls surrounding the premises. 

 A rather long stay was made near the wild underclifF called the 

 Deer Park a little further on. Here the slope from the foot 



* The term " wall stones" seems to be a corruption of the term " well 

 stones." The latter applied to the specimens because they were first found 

 in a certain well near the town. They are also called " dancing stones," 

 because they seem to dance about when dropped into vinegar. 



