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he knew of had been marked by a recognised system of 

 symbols ; these maps had been shown at the last meeting of the 

 British Association, and were received and approved. In con- 

 clusion, Mr. Gray referred to the value of a division of labour, 

 and to a proposed Microscopical Section of the Field Club, and 

 suggested the possibility of a section of the Natural History and 

 Philosophical Society for astronomical work, and that the latter 

 should endeavour to make some use of the instruments and 

 astronomical apparatus so long devoted to the geometrical 

 creations of spiders in the otherwise unused observatory at the 

 Queen's College. Now that so much had been done, and well 

 done, to popularise university education, the utilizing of the 

 Queen's College observatory for the benefit of the public would 

 be an appropriate and acceptable outcome. 



Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., next made some remarks on 

 some ancient grave slabs near Dundonald, of which he exhibited 

 drawings. He said that the three monumental slabs under 

 notice are preserved in the townland of Greengraves, the first 

 at the farm of Mrs. Kennedy, the second and third at Mr. Hugh 

 Ferguson's farm. The slabs are of Anglo-Norman type, and 

 belong to the thirteenth or fourteenth century. No. 1 is a 

 fragment, the head being broken off. The only sculpture upon 

 it is a long, straight Norman sword, formed by incised lines. 

 The stone is 3ft. 8in. long, and over a foot wide, tapering to the 

 lower end. No. 2 slab is broken in two, but the parts are in 

 excellent preservation ; the total length is 5ft.; the edges are 

 bevelled. The design consists of a handsome floriated cross, 

 carved in relief within a sunk circular panel. Two incised lines 

 form the cross stem, which terminates in a Calvary or series of 

 steps at the narrow lower end of the slab. Alongside the stem 

 the emblem of the shears has been formed by incised lines ; this 

 emblem is supposed to indicate the monument of a female. 

 Slab No. 3 resembles No. 2 in general design, but is remarkable 

 on account of its exceedingly small size, being only ift. nin. 

 long, 9m. wide at one end, and 7in. at the other. The floriated 

 cross differs in design from that of No. 2, but it has the incised 



