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caused by the smoothly-gliding brushes on the rail at the side, 

 is the only sound perceptible. The journey to Dunluce was 

 accomplished in good time, the steep incline and heavy load 

 testing the new car thoroughly. The electric rail being only 

 completed so far as Dunluce, the passengers are here transferred 

 to the ordinary cars and the journey completed to Bushmills, 

 the present terminus of the line, by steam power, the portion 

 between Bushmills and the famed Causeway having still to be 

 done by Irish cars. 



It was regretted that time would not permit of a visit to the 

 works on the Bushwater in connection with the electric work- 

 ing of the line. Powerful turbines are there being erected to 

 utilise the water-power for working the dynamos, and it is anti- 

 cipated that, by the time they are ready for work, the electric 

 rail will also be completed throughout the entire length of the 

 line. 



Arriving at the Causeway, a hurried meeting was called — 

 the Vice-President (Canon Grainger,D.D., M.R.LA.) presiding. 

 Some announcements were made by the Hon. Secretary, and a 

 new member was elected, after which the party proceeded to 

 examine such points of interest as the very limited time at their 

 disposal would permit. A halt was called on the great Cause- 

 way, and a member, practically conversant with the various 

 surrounding geological phenomena, kindly gave a brief but 

 concise description of the different lava outflows exhibited in 

 the cliffs, &c. The many-jointed columns of the marvellous' 

 Causeway never fail to interest the visitor, although the first 

 view of the world-famed structure may, and frequently does, 

 cause disappointment to the travelled stranger, who has, per- 

 haps, pictured to himself something much more stupendous and 

 imposing. 



These irrepressible guides, with their senseless jargon of 

 geometry, geology, and superstition, could their energies not be 

 more profitably directed ? In their dull seasons could they not 

 be employed in making of passable pathways for the better 

 opening up of the wonders and beauties of the place to visitors? 



