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visiting the souterrian, close at hand, nor the ancient cill of 

 St. Lasser. The machines were mounted, and the return made 

 past the stately groves of Florencecourt to Enniskillen, where 

 dinner was ready, and a special carriage prepared to take the 

 Club home by the train reaching Belfast at nine o'clock. 



CULTRA. 



A special excursion was made to Cultra on Friday, August 7th, 

 for the purpose of examining the outcrop of Carboniferous and 

 Permian rocks on the seashore at Cultra. The excavations for 

 the foundation of a sea-wall, which is at present in course of 

 construction, furnished a suitable opportunity for the inspection 

 of these interesting deposits, the fossils of which have been 

 catalogued by Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., in the Ninth Annual 

 Report (1871-2) of this Society. 



A party of about thirty left Belfast by the 4-30 p.m. train, 

 and spent several hours in an examination of the beds, and in 

 procuring rock-specimens and fossils, for the best collection of 

 which, made during the afternoon, a prize had been offered by 

 the secretary. 



Subsequently the members were entertained to tea by the 

 President at his residence. Mr. S. A. Stewart, F.B.S.E., having 

 been appointed judge, reported that three collections had been 

 submitted in competition for the geological prize, and declared 

 Miss S. M. Thompson the winner, her collection including three 

 species of fossils and seven rocks. A hearty vote of thanks was 

 passed to the President and Mrs. Vinycomb for their kindness 

 and hospitality, after which the party separated. 



DUNCRUE AND WOODBURN. 



Saturday, 15th August, was spent by the members in an 

 examination of the salt mines of Duncrue, near Carrickfergus, 



