boniferous rocks along the coast afforded an inexhaustible source 

 from which the geologists might collect their coveted fossils. To 

 those who were only acquainted with the White Limestone of 

 Antrim, the blue rocks of Bundoran were a new and interesting 

 feature, composed almost wholly of the stems of encrinites. They 

 furnished a better idea of how rocks have been formed by the ac- 

 cumulated mud of ancient sea bottoms, than less fossiliferous rocks 

 could do ; and while imparting those primary lessons, they also 

 furnished many forms not readily accessible to the palaeontologist 

 elsewhere. Added to which, the rugged cliffs and shelving rock 

 masses that bound the coast line, throwing back in scattered toam 

 and spray the heavy waves that came bounding from the bosom of 

 the Atlantic, combined to form a scene of surpassing grandeur, 

 and which here is as extensive as it is grand, including the full 

 sweep of Donegal Bay, from the Southern point of Teelin Head to 

 the Northern boundary of Classylaun. Having remained at the 

 hotel on Wednesday night, the party, after an early breakfast next 

 morning, spent the whole day along the beach exploring the cliffs 

 and caves and rockpools. The latter are remarkable at Bundoran 

 for the large quantity of the purple egg-urchin that occurs there. 

 This sea urchin, Echinus lividus, as a British species, is peculiar to 

 Ireland, and is only found on the West coast, its Northern range 

 being Bundoran, where it was first noticed by the late Mr. Hynd- 

 man, of Belfast. It is about two inches in diameter, and has long 

 spines of a purple colour. Its peculiarity is that it burrows in the 

 rock, scooping out a hole for itself where it is secure from the 

 influence of the breakers, and every rock-pool contains dozens of 

 them. The beauty of the echinus suggested to the artists of Belleek 

 the idea of adopting it as the pattern from which the Queen's 

 ware was manufactured, and the successful application of the 

 design fully justifies the selection. A variety of other specimens 

 were also collected, including a large number of the Trochus lineatus, 

 not found in the neighbourhood of Belfast, but locally abundant 

 at Bundoran. Several specimens of the common snail (Helix 

 aspersa) were also collected, having reversed whorls. The common 

 form occurs in large quantities, and is sold by children on the 



