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leaving Chichester Park at 1.35 p.m., and those who had the 

 good fortune to secure seats on top enjoyed a treat in the view 

 of the lough and its shores, obtained from their elevated position, 

 under the most favourable conditions of a bright afternoon. 

 Alighting at the terminus, and under the guidance of the Rev. 

 George C. Smythe, M.A., a visit was paid to the picturesque 

 church and grounds of Carnmoney, situated on the southern 

 slope of the hill. In the centre of the older portion of the 

 burial-ground a magnificent Irish cross has recently been 

 erected as a memorial, by Lieutenant-General Smythe, F.R.S., 

 a late president of the Club. The cross is of Kilkenny marble, 

 and is a very effective piece of workmanship. In keeping with 

 the design is the inscription on the shaft, executed in relief, in 

 Irish, the whole forming a magnificent and appropriate monu- 

 ment. The church, a comparatively modern erection, is a very 

 pleasing building, with many fine examples of stained glass, and 

 having carved stone pulpit and font. A short walk brought 

 the party to the basaltic quarry in the hill, so well known to 

 many members for its minerals. The officers of the Geological 

 Survey term this rock a highly crystalline dolerite, having the 

 augitic crystals well developed and glistering. It is also by 

 them considered as one of the orifices through which the great 

 beds of augitic trap have been extruded, and, in fact, to be an 

 old volcanic neck, or perhaps crater filled with consolidated lava. 

 A short search soon brought to light specimens of chalcedony, 

 for which the place has long been noted. Specimens of the 

 mineral, cut and polished, were shown by one of the members, 

 as well as agates, jaspers, polished flints, and others of its allies. 

 The new mineral, Hullite^ recently discovered in this quarry, 

 and named in compliment to Professor Hull, the director of the 

 Irish Geological Survey, was also found, but sparingly, owing 

 to the quarry not being at present worked. After some time 

 spent in photographing the party by one of the members, a 

 sharp scramble up the hill brought them to the fort on the top. 

 Here a short time was spent, after which another quarry nearer 

 the top of the hill was visited, the character of the rock in which 



