river, where the best exposures of the Liassic and Cretaceous 

 rocks are now to be found, and where hammer and chisel were 

 freely called into use. The search produced, however, nothing 

 new ; though some very fine and complete specimens of the 

 commoner fossils became the prize of the collectors. One 

 narrow strip in particular in the chloritic sand was noted as 

 being almost entirely formed of nearly perfect shells of 

 Exogyra. Indeed it is frequently seen that characteristic fossils 

 are chiefly to be found arranged in certain layers, and not 

 generally distributed through the mass. 



After leaving the Woodburn streams, such of the party as 

 did not require to catch the earlier trains spent a pleasant 

 hour or two in Mr. Jellie's residence at Farm Hill, and his 

 genial hospitality formed an agreeable close to the day's pro- 

 ceedings. 



On 13th June, to 



TOOME. 



The second excursion for the season took place on Saturday, 

 13th June, to Toome and neighbourhood. The day being in 

 every respect favourable, a party of about thirty members and 

 friends assembled at the Northern Counties Terminus, and 

 proceeded by the 9-30 train. At Antrim the party was further 

 augmented by the President and several additional members 

 joining. Arriving at Toome and crossing the bridge, a meeting 

 was called, at which the programme was read, and a prize offered 

 for the best collection of flowering plants in flower gathered on the 

 excursion. Three new members were elected, after which the 

 party proceeded up the west bank of the Bann in search of the 

 flint flakes, &c., for which the place is so noted. Meanwhile 

 boats are being got in readiness for a visit to Church Island in 

 Lough Beg — an expansion of the Bann River. The accom- 

 modation of so large a number on so short notice was a matter 

 of some difficulty, but soon a flotilla of four well-manned boats 

 was gliding quietly on its way down the stream, the banks of 



