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miners' little waggons, one of the gentlemen present gave a 

 short description of the various beds exposed, and commented 

 on the economic value of the rocks composing the Carboni- 

 ferous system. The advance was again sounded, and the 

 cliffs behind the mines were ascended to the height of 600 

 feet, with scarcely time to stop for breath. " Some on" was 

 still the cry above, and passing the ruin of a cromlech on the 

 headland, and the crannogue in the lake behind Fair Head, 

 all pressed forward for the " Grey Man's Path." Even here 

 little time could be spent to enjoy the grandeur of the cliffs, 

 at Fair Head a short stay was made so as to give each 

 member of the party an opportunity of examining the rocks 

 around, and the almost perpendicular face of the cliff that rises 

 abruptly from the sea to the height of 600 feet. Though this 

 excursion of the Glub was mainly directed in reference to 

 Geology, }^et Botany was not entirely overlooked, and 

 specimens of several rare plants were gathered. At Bal- 

 lintoy the brilliantly coloured meadow cranesbill (Geranium 

 praiense) abounded, and in wet places by the coast the grass 

 of Parnassus displayed its chaste white flowers. The 

 Quillwort (Isoetes lacustris) was found in lakelets on the 

 summit of Fair Head, and the Welsh Poppy (Aleconopsis 

 cambrica), on steep cliffs at the "Gray Man's Path." The 

 Rose-root Stonecrop also occurred on the same rocks, and like- 

 wise a very rare species of moss " Glyphomitrium Daviesii." 

 The search for plants at Fair Head was extremely hurried ; 

 had further time been afforded this list would doubtless have 

 been considerably enlarged, but the time was very limited, 

 for when the party had just a look at Murlough Bay from 

 the headland above, the conductor declared the time was 

 fully up and that the party must now make for the cars, five 

 miles inland. The whistle was sounded and away they went 

 over bogs, hedges, and fields, heath, rocks, and plantations, in 

 as straight a line as it was possible to make, now panting up 

 a hill-side and then hurrying down the slopes, totally disrcr 



