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members were generally fortunate in having fine clays for their 

 excursions, but for the past season their good fortune seems to 

 have completely forsaken them, as every one of their excursions 

 this year was wet, and Saturday was no exception. The previous 

 day's rain continued throughout Saturday, so that out of the thirty 

 members prepared for, only six presented themselves, and left by 

 one of Johnston's four-horse vans, the rain falling heavily. Hav- 

 ing driven past the salt mines of Duncrue, the party went on to 

 the water works, and examined in detail what progress had been 

 made in this important undertaking since the Club last visited 

 Woodburn Glens. They found that the reservoir on the North 

 Woodburn was very nearly full, and presented a sheet of water of 

 about twenty-five acres, in some places thirty-six feet deep, 

 although it wanted about two feet of top water. A good stream 

 was still flowing into it, and below it water was collecting from 

 every direction to fill the old river bed, and from this a good 

 stream was flowing into the larger reservoir on the South Wood- 

 burn. The latter wanted about eleven feet of top water. This 

 reservoir covers a space of about ninety-five acres, and on Satur- 

 turday it was in some places about eighty-five feet deep. In May 

 last the water was nearly a foot above the contemplated top water line, 

 and on Saturday there was collected from sources below the reser- 

 voirs sufficient water to answer the requirements of the town without 

 drawing from the stock in the reservoirs. The neighbourhood of the 

 Belfast Water Works in the Woodburn Glen is particularly interest- 

 ing to the geologist. There the industrious collector may find fossils 

 in some abundance. A considerable number of new species have 

 been established on the strength of specimens collected there by 

 members of the Naturalists' Field Club, the Cretaceous fauna of 

 the district having been abundant not only in individuals, but 

 also rich in species, and the admirable sections exposed along the 

 banks of the river affording ample opportunities for studying the 

 geological phenomena there developed. Notwithstanding the 

 rain, Saturday's search was quite satisfactory, fair examples of the 

 following species being collected : — Spondylus spinosus, Ostrea 

 semiplana, Terebratula camea, Rhynchonella limbata, R. robusta, 



