flakes, or what are supposed to have been spear and arrow- 

 heads, were picked up. The gravel was obtained from a pit 

 in the neighbourhood of Carrickfergus, between the main road 

 to Kilroot and the railway. This must, therefore, be added to 

 the other localities where those flint flakes occur, on which the 

 pre- Adamite man theory is founded. The specimens were very- 

 like those described by Sir C. Lyell, as occurring in the valley 

 of the Sornme. Farther along the line the beds of the new 

 red sandstone were examined, and a quantity of selenite, as 

 well as fibrous gypsum, was obtained, some specimens of the 

 former being very beautiful and clear. At Whitehead a great 

 variety of geological formations occur, and their mode of 

 occurrence is highly instructive to the inquiring Geologist. 

 The Lias is exhibited by very good sections, and also the Green- 

 sand, and each yield a great number of fossils, some beds in 

 the Lias, as the Avicula contorta bed, being apparently made up 

 of shells. The bed characterised by Ammonites planorbis is very 

 well exhibited here. The chalk, too, of the Whitehead quarries 

 was examined, and from it several fossils obtained, particularly 

 a few very large and perfect ammonites, so large, indeed, that 

 the members of the Club had to assist in pairs to remove them 

 to the station. One specimen was about 18in. in diameter, and 

 was well marked on the outer surface by the curious windings 

 of the edges of the sutures. The semi-columnar condition of 

 the trap as it occurs here presented an interesting feature, and 

 several rock specimens were obtained for the cabinets at home. 

 Altogether the excursion was most successful, and the labor 

 of each member was rewarded by the numerous specimens 

 collected. 



The Second Excursion took place on Wednesday, 25th June, 

 when, according to previous arrangement, the members assem- 

 bled at the Northern Counties Railway Station at half-past 

 nine o'clock, and proceeded to Larne. Here Mr. M'Neill had 

 a well-horsed long van awaiting their arrival, on which they 

 soon took seats for the road. The horses were just bending 

 to their work when the steward of the day called a halt at 



