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appointment of a delegate to the forthcoming meeting of the 

 British Association. On the motion of Mr. John Vinycomb, 

 Vice-President, seconded by Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, Mr. Gray 

 was asked to continue to represent the Club, as in former years. 

 The President thanked the meeting for again electing him as 

 their representative, and said he would do all in his power to 

 further the interests of their Society. He congratulated the 

 members on the success of the present excursion, which had 

 been most enjoyable, in spite of most unfavourable weather, and 

 specially commended the ladies of the party for the way they 

 had borne themselves under circumstances of no little discom- 

 fort and inconvenience. Mr. Howat, member of the Geological 

 Society of Glasgow, spoke of the great pleasure he had derived 

 from the present excursion, of the energy with which the Club 

 devoted themselves to the objects which brought them together, 

 and of the good-fellowship which existed among them, 

 which they freely extended to members of kindred societies. 

 Mrs. Henry Thompson, on behalf of the ladies of the party, 

 thanked the President for the compliment he had paid them, 

 and assured him that whatever little inconvenience they had 

 experienced was quite forgotten in the great pleasure they had 

 derived from the excursion. The party then bent their steps 

 towards the railway station, and arrived in Belfast at 9.35, well 

 satisfied with their two days among the Glens of Antrim. 



On August 1 6th, to 



CAVE HILL. 



The fifth excursion was made on August 1 6th to the Cave 

 Hill, a spot well known to Belfast folk, yet ever attractive to 

 the lover of fresh pure air and charming scenery, and ever 

 interesting to the naturalist. Favoured with their usual good 

 fortune in regard to weather, a splendid afternoon tempted 

 many of the members and their friends out of doors, and a party 

 numbering no fewer than sixty assembled at the gate of 



