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R.H.A., who sent several of his works. Mr. Bell exhibited a 

 large water-colour picture by Hall of a south gale on the beach at 

 Biighton. A number of Continental photographs and original 

 sketches were exhibited by Richard Niven, Esq. Mr. Vinycomb 

 sent several water-colour drawings, executed by himself, including 

 views of Fair Head and the Gobbins, and a little study of rocks in 

 the Mourne Mountains. Mrs. O'Flaherty sent several oil paintings 

 of landscape and still life. Mr. Firth exhibited water-colour 

 sketches of Fair Head, Olderfleet Castle, and drawings of other 

 places in the vicinity. Mr. Lockwood exhibited pen and ink 

 drawings, illustrating the Round Tower and Cathedral of Kildare, 

 and the remarkable sculptured group of the crucifixion over the 

 door of the old church at Maghera, supposed to date from about 

 A.D. 920. He also showed a large drawing of the Grianan of 

 Aileach, near Londonderry, one of the circular stone forts built 

 before the introduction of Christianity into Ireland. But unques- 

 tionably the most interesting feature of the pictorial display was a 

 series of photographs, many of large size, contributed by Mr. 

 James Wright. Many of them are the publication of the United 

 States Geological Survey, whilst others are due to the enterprise of 

 Californian photographers, and together they furnish excellent 

 illustrations of the stupendous scenery of the Yosemite Valley, the 

 Sierra Nevada, and Rocky Mountains. A capital collection of 

 sheets of nature-printed ferns was exhibited by Mr. W. H. 

 Phillips. A conspicuous feature in the exhibition was a table 

 devoted to the illustration of lime and limestone in all its branches. 

 Here were specimens of the different limestone formations, from 

 the oldest Primary, through the Carboniferous or mountain lime- 

 stone, the Magnesian, the Lias, the Oolite, up to the Chalk, 

 each marked by their peculiar and distinctive fossils. There were 

 also many crystalline specimens in the shape of varieties of marble, 

 native and foreign, and masses of coral and other organic forms 

 which are chiefly built up of lime, and which contribute to form 



