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Natural History and Philosophical Society to Professor Thom- 

 son. The latter then read a feeling reply. Mr. Anderson, 

 Vice-President of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, then 

 proposed Professor Wyville Thomson as an honorary member 

 of the Club. The motion was seconded by Mr. William 

 Gray, and carried by acclamation. Dr, Thomson said he ac- 

 cepted with the warmest thanks the honour conferred upon 

 him. Mr. R. Patterson, F.R.S., President of the Natural His- 

 tory Society, then made some concluding observations relative 

 to the original members of the society and other matters, and 

 stated that he was, himself, the only one whose lot it had been 

 to remain in active connexion with the society since its first 

 formation up to the present date. The proceedings of the 

 meeting then terminated. 



The Annual Meeting of the Club was held on Wednesday 

 evening, 26th April, Professor James Thomson, LL.D., C.E., 

 occupied the chair. 



Mr. Wm. Gray read the Secretaries' Report, and Mr. 

 Greer Malcolmson the Treasurer's, both of which were unani- 

 mously adopted. 



Mr. Gray then read the following : — 



" REPORT OF A SUB-COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE SOME 

 ANCIENT REMAINS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ARMOY, 

 COUNTY ANTRIM. 



Th3 Province of Ulster was anciently called Ulidia, de- 

 rived from Ollamh Fodhla, a monarch of Ireland about six 

 centuries before the Christian era. (The Ultonian dynasty 

 was overthrown by the Three Collas, a.d. 332.) At a later 

 period the term Ulidia or Uladh was applied to a territory 

 comprising the County Down and part of Antrim, as far as 

 Island Magee, Larne, and westward to the Bann ; in the third 

 century the name was changed to Dalaradia, while the remain- 



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