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feet in height, and running down the centre of the ravine with 

 the regularity and straightness of a built wall. It is to be re- 

 gretted that some of the senior geologists of the party were pre- 

 vented by circumstances from examining these most interesting 

 features. Soon after reaching Linford bridge the road crosses 

 the Linford and Glenarm rivers, and, passing round the head of 

 Lord Antrim's deer park, skirts the demesne till it reaches 

 Glenarm, and is full of striking and picturesque views. It is on 

 foot, however, that this valley should be studied, and to those 

 who can obtain the privilege nothing can be more delightful 

 than to follow the course of the Glenarm river through the park ; 

 and by the kind permission of Colonel Clerk, the present lessee, 

 this permission was granted to the Field Club. The very rugged 

 nature of the upper part of the glen prevented all but the more 

 active from profiting by the opportunity ; but those who were 

 able to do so were amply rewarded for their exertions, and every 

 step revealed some fresh beauty — every basaltic ledge over 

 which the stream runs has its own cascade. There are hollows 

 where the trout loves to lie, and the gnarled and twisted oaks 

 and thorns, stretching a hundred fantastic arms aloft, offer a 

 shade where the foot of the artist would be tempted to linger. 

 As the valley widens it assumes a more park-like character — the 

 stream gets quieter, the trees become more lofty, and at length 

 the stately castle of Glenarm comes into view, with the little 

 town nestling under the limestone cliffs. Soon the castle lodge 

 and bridge are passed, and the party having been refreshed by 

 a comfortable tea at the hotel, returned by the coast road, whose 

 features — archaeologic, geologic, and scenic— have been too often 

 described to require repetition here. 



On 2nd September, to 



THE KNOCK, AND CASTLEREAGH HILLS. 



A fine afternoon in early autumn saw a large party assembled 

 at the Knock station, who proceeded first to the Knock grave- 

 yard, where a fragment still remains of the old church. 



