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specimens of which were secured by the members, but it would 

 require a more careful search than time then permitted to de- 

 cide whether they are confined to near the surface only, or are 

 found throughout the whole thickness of the bed. A little 

 further on, the same beach is found resting on the Estuarine 

 clay, full of Foraminifera and other organisms. Crossing by 

 the ferry the party turned their steps to the " Druids' cottage," 

 before the hall door of which stands a fine cromlech, the table- 

 stone of which is symmetrically balanced on four upright ones. 

 It is said that when the cottage was commenced appliances 

 were in course of erection for removal of the cromlech, but 

 that at the earnest remonstrance of some gentlemen now mem- 

 bers of the club, who chanced most opportunely on the scene, 

 the builders relented, and this fine monument was spared. 



Some iron ore workings a few hundred yards off were next 

 visited, and the party then bent their steps to Brown's Bay, 

 noting with many expressions of admiration the splendid views 

 that every step opened out before them. Black Cave Tunnel, 

 Ballygalley Head, Glenarm Head, Garron Point, with its land- 

 slips, and the lofty headlands beyond Cushendun, all told of the 

 rugged and picturesque nature of the Antrim coast. The Paps 

 of Jura floated like three cloudy haycocks on the northern 

 horizon ; " Wild Cantire" stood out clear and prominent ; the 

 Isle of Arran, with Goat Fell, showed as lofty but less distinct ; 

 and the familiar outline of Ailsa Craig led the eye onward to 

 the long stretch of Scottish coast, which shone faint or distinct 

 as the sunbeams lit up some mellow cornfield, or the cloud 

 shadows rested upon some distant inland mountain. Nearer 

 at hand the white rocks and lighthouses of the Maidens glitter- 

 ed in the sun, whilst a hardy Scotchman, settled on this coast, 

 found time in the intervals of his haymaking to relate an ap- 

 propriate tale of shipwreck or danger for every rock and head- 

 land within view. At Brown's Bay was found in full flower 

 the beautiful grass of Parnassus, which grows only at two or 

 three localities along the coast. The geological features are 

 rather interesting, a fault having brought up the Keuper marls 



