170 [Proc. B.N.F.C., 



The President (F. W. Lockwood, C.E.), in a few remarks, 

 dealt with the advantages to be derived from these joint 

 excursions and the benefits conferred on those taking part in 

 them by mixing with others from a distance. 



G. H. Carpenter, B.Sc. (President of the Dublin Club), on 

 behalf of his members, also spoke of the advantage of such 

 unions, and congratulated all present on the good day, the 

 antiquarians contending that theirs could not be beaten, whilst 

 the naturalists were surprised that any one could compare the 

 gloomy recesses of Brugh-na-Boinne to the breeze and sunshine 

 of the sand-dunes at Laytown. 



Dr. Wheelton Hind, as President of the North Staffordshire 

 Field Club, expressed the pleasure and profit they had derived 

 from the joint excursion, and thanked the Club for their kindly 

 interest in the strangers. 



The following new members were then elected : — W. J. 

 Fennell, M.R.I. A. ; Wm. A. Boyd, Samuel Moore, Samuel 

 Stevens, L. L. Macassey, John Paul, Leonard Bell, C.E. ; 

 Charles Mullin, Solicitor ; Alex. M'L Clelland, Jas. H. Cousins, 

 John M'Cormick, T.C. ; Mrs. M'Cormick, and Miss A. Milling. 

 On the road to the train St. Lawrence's Gate was examined; 

 it consists of two circular towers and a connecting curtain wall, 

 being part of the old fortifications of the city. The whole 

 structure is still quite complete, and forms a picturesque 

 termination to the street. 



30 July. 

 DUNDONALD AND SCRABO. 



A half-day's excursion was held on Saturday afternoon, 30 

 July, to Dundonald and Scrabo. A party of seventy left the 

 Linen Hall at 2.30 in waggonettes. A halt was called at 

 Dundonald Church to examine the fine mound close to the 

 graveyard, whose height and steepness render it peculiarly 

 interesting to the antiquary. No investigation has yet been 



