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in which they are found are so totally different that the most 

 superficial student of geology would never be likely to confound 

 them. A hasty visit was paid to the upper waters of the Carr's 

 Glen stream, where the Pinguicula was found in some pro- 

 fusion. This little plant, with its moist, hairy, slimy leaves, 

 bears the reputation of being, to some extent at least, insecti- 

 vorous. The party then descended through the Cave Hill 

 quarries, stopping to note how one of the dykes, which penetrate 

 the chalk, could be seen cutting through the overlying basalt 

 as well, thus giving evidence that the basalt must have been 

 originally of much greater thickness ; that it must then have 

 been disturbed by more recent volcanic action, of which the 

 cooled lava in the fissure or dyke is now the sole remnant, and 

 then must have been greatly denuded, for the whole of this 

 last outflow has disappeared, by marine, glacial or sub-aerial 

 denudation. Half-an-hour now brought the party to Chichester 

 Park, where the hospitality of R. Young, Esq., the president of 

 the Club, formed a very acceptable termination to the day's 

 proceedings. In spite of showers and wet grass, the Committee 

 were furnished with an additional proof that the short excur- 

 sions to the environs of Belfast are by no means the least popular 

 of those organised by the Club. 



On 19th, 20th, and 21st July, to 



BALLYCASTLE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



Leaving town by the Northern Counties, and changing at 

 Ballymoney into the carriages of the narrow-gauge line of the 

 Ballycastle Railway, the party were in high anticipations of the 

 pleasant day to be spent on the sunny heights of Benmore. 

 Scarce, however, had the merits and demerits of the narrow- 

 gauge system of railway as branch lines for Ireland been dis- 

 cussed, when the speed gradually declined, and a stand-still was 

 made near Stranocum. This on a comparatively new line was 



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