tomed to such visitors, and manifested their surprise in wondering, 

 if not admiring, groups at cottage doors and along the hedgerows. 

 The Belfast geologists were delighted to find here and there good 

 exposures of Carboniferous rocks, that yielded to hammer and pick 

 a goodly assortment of fossils. Several species of fishes' teeth were 

 collected, belonging to genera now only represented by the Port 

 Jackson shark. Several species of these formidable creatures 

 abounded in the Carboniferous seas. In addition to the fish re- 

 mains, corals, encrinites, and shells were collected. One species of 

 coral was very common, and formed, in some places, the bulk of 

 the limestone rock. 



In the village of Tynan another ancient cross was seen. It is a 

 very fine example, exhibiting the usual characteristic style of carv- 

 ing and ornamentation. Dr. Reeves was obliged to leave at 

 Tynan, but not before a hearty and unanimous vote oi thanks was 

 given him for the valuable services he rendered the party during the 

 day. They then moved on to Caledon, so called probably from 

 the quantity of nuts that formerly grew there. Dunkeld, or fort of 

 nut trees, in Scotland, had the same origin, as well as the name 

 Caledonia. Some of the most stirring events of the nation's his- 

 tory occurred around this neighbourhood. The town of Caledon 

 had its origin in a castle which was erected close at hand in the 

 early half of the fifth century, by a member of the great O'Neill 

 family. In early writings it is referred to as Ceandaird. Cean-ard 

 (pronounced Kinard) signifies "high-head," probably from the 

 townland which had that name up to 1609. The Castle of Kinard 

 became a place of very great importance, and there are several 

 notices of it in " The Annals of the Four Masters." Shane Boy, 

 who built the Castle of Kinard, was a younger brother of Henry 

 O'Neill, who was " The O'Neill," or chief of the race. At the close 

 of the sixteenth century, Kinard and all the territory of Munter- 

 bin, together with the territory of Turanny, in the County of Ar- 

 magh, belonged to Sir Henry Oge O'Neill, and was specially ex- 

 cepted from the enormous tract which was granted to Hugh O'Neill, 

 Earl of Tyrone, being known as " Henry Oge's Country." When 

 Henry Oge received his pardon from Queen Elizabeth, in 1602, he 



