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Weapons, from the rough flint flake up to the highly-finished Arrowhead. 

 "We understand that Mr. Gray has found these flakes in very great 

 abirndance in County Antrim, and also over the entire surface of The 

 Plains, near the Queen's College. He has met with several speci- 

 mens at the Ornieau Bridge, and all along the shore from Belfast to 

 the Causeway. Several also have been discovered at Holywood and 

 Bangor, in the County of Down. The specimens found by Mr. Gray in 

 Antrim and Down were almost indentical with the flakes from Denmark 

 exhibited by Mr. Day, thus establishing an undoubted connection 

 between the countries. In some places, as at Toomebridge, Belfast, 

 Larne, Glenarm, Torr Head, and Ballymoney, the cores from the flakes 

 had been struck off were found, as well as specimens of wrought Imple- 

 ments, Celts, &c. ; and almost all the Arrow-heads, so very abundant in 

 Ulster, have been evidently manufactured from these flakes. In Dr. 

 M'llwaine's collection there are several specimens in process of manu- 

 facture, some half and others almost finished. Mr. Gray also showed a 

 large variety of Irish Bronze "Weapons and Implements — Celts, Swords, 

 and Spears. In connection with these specimens, there were several of 

 a similar character purchased by Mr. Day from the late Mr. Stephenson's 

 collection, and others purchased elsewhere by the Rev. Canon Greenwell, 

 Durham. It is needless to say that these interesting relics were ex- 

 amined with great interest, and monopolised a large share of the 

 attention of the ladies. After this conversazione, these interesting 

 collections will be scattered, in all likelihood never to return to Ulster, 

 where it is highly probable they were originally manufactured. 

 Another of the tables was occupied by two collections of cretaceous 

 Fossils and Marine Shells, for which prizes had been awarded by the 

 Club. Mr. George Donaldson obtained the first prize for the best 

 collection of Marine Shells, of which he secured 126 species, belonging 

 to 40 families. They were all collected by himself during the past 

 Summer in Belfast Lough. Mr. William Swanston obtained the prize 

 for the best collection of cretaceous fossils. He exhibited fossils em- 

 bracing sixty-one species, with four varieties, all collected from the 

 limestone and greensand of Antrim during the past year. A fine col- 

 lection of water colours was contributed by Dr. James Moore. They 

 were all from his own pencil, many of them illustrating scenes of old 

 Belfast long since passed away, and all in every way worthy of the 

 reputation this gentleman has earned for himself as an amateur artist. 

 Dr. Holden, of Glenarm, exhibited a series of photographic views of 

 Glenarm and the neighbourhood, taken by himself, and also indicative 

 of very high artistic abilities. In his collection there was a neat little 

 photograph of a child asleep, which was not only clear and distinct but 

 excited very considerable interest, as it was taken by the magnesian 

 light. It was really a very fine piece of workmanship. There was also 

 a number of fine views of the Giants' Causeway, taken from different 

 aspects, exhibited by Mr. Mack, of Coleraine. This collection embraced 



