SUMMER SESSION. 



The following Excursions were made during the Summer 

 Session : — 



On May 24th, to 



KILROOT AND WHITEHEAD. 



The first excursion was made on Saturday, May 24th, Kilroot 

 and Whitehead being the district visited. Leaving Belfast 

 by the 9.50 train, the party was joined by local contingents at 

 several stations en route, so that nearly forty members and 

 their friends mustered on the platform at Kilroot. Arrived 

 there, a move was made first to the gravel beds, a short distance 

 west of the station, long known for the flint implements 

 which they yield. The deposit, which consists of stratified 

 gravel, composed mainly of local rocks, and containing marine 

 shells, is now nearly worked out, having been utilized for rail- 

 way ballast ; but a number of rude flint flakes were collected. 

 The secretaries here announced that two books would be offered 

 as prizes for collections made during the day — one for the best 

 collection of flowering plants, the other for the best collection of 

 rocks, minerals, and fossils. The members were not slow to 

 enter into eager competition for the prizes, and as the party 



