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It can be proved that since glacial times there have been seve- 

 ral oscillations of the land — our submerged forests and our raised 

 beaches testify to the fact ; and, considering how unsteady and 

 fluctuating is the crust of the earth, when long periods of time are 

 in question, it would be one of the greatest geological marvels that 

 there should be no vertical movements over this area during the 

 prolonged denudation that is supposed by Mr. Du Noyer. 



The term "Hibernian" is rightly applied to a portion of our 

 vegetation, which, in Britain, is found occurring only in Ireland. 

 It refers only to these plants as members of the British flora, and 

 has no reference to their origin. 



Mr. Stewart, in conclusion, deeply regretted the premature and 

 unexpected loss of a member so zealous and gifted as the late Mr. 

 Du Noyer. 



Mr. William Millee then read a paper on " The Glens of 

 Antrim." The Glens of Antrim may be defined as a district 

 averaging about twelve miles in width, having Fairhead for its 

 Northern extremity, and ranging along the coast for some twenty- 

 five miles. It is seldom that we meet with attractions so great 

 and so varied crowded into an area so limited. He who delights 

 to note whatever is grand and beautiful in the scenery of his 

 native land ought not to neglect the Glens, where the towering 

 rock, mountain cataract, and gloomy defile, lend an air of sublimity 

 to spreading valleys that open out seawards. 



Nor should the student of Geology fail to visit the district. 

 Here may be read, in unmistakeable characters, the evidence that 

 our globe has not, at any period of its history, been a mass of inert 

 matter. The varied sedimentary rocks — limestones, sandstones, 

 and conglomerates ; the lava outflows ; the faults, landslips, caves, 

 and raised beaches, are evidences of the stupendous forces that 

 have been at work, moulding our country into its present form. 

 No better region could be selected in which to study the action of 

 these forces of nature in bygone times. This region, too, has been 

 of considerable importance in the ancient history of our country. 

 To testify to this fact, there still remains the ruins of over forty 



