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in question was fossiliferous. Some of the bivalve mollusca, 

 especially two species of Leda, were found by him having the 

 valves united, showing that these species must have lived on 

 the spot on which they were found. He made a microscopic 

 examination of the same clays, and in every case he found them 

 to contain foraminifera. He also met with foraminifera in 

 many samples of the clay which were devoid of molluscan 

 remains, these tiny rhizopods being as perfect as when brought 

 up by the dredge from our existing seas. From that time up 

 to the present further examinations of the boulder clay have 

 been made and always yielded similar results. 



He also stated that through the courtesy of a Scotch geologist, 

 James Neilson, he received five samples of boulder clay from 

 the vicinity of Glasgow, in all of which foraminifera were 

 present. In addition to these, he received from John Stears, of 

 Hull, a packet of boulder clay from that locality. This sample 

 of English boulder clay was also found to contain foraminifera. 

 These results are interesting by reason of the common 

 occurence of these marine microzoa, most English and Scotch 

 geologists having been hitherto of the opinion that the boulder 

 clay was the result of land ice, and had not a marine origin. 

 This important statement of original research was greeted with 

 applause. 



A. Percy Hoskins, F.I.C., F.C.S., read the following analytical 

 paper on a sample of glauconite from Woodburn, Car rick fergus, 

 which was well received : — 



The immediate object of this note is to give an account to 

 the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club of a specimen of Glauconite 

 with which the energetic Hon. Secretary of our Geological 

 Committee was kind enough to provide me some little time 

 ago, but as this communication is to be read at a general 

 meeting perhaps it will be as well to give a short resume of the 

 information we have of Glauconite in general before descending 

 to the discussion of this specimen in particular. 



Glauconite then may be described as essentially a hydrous 

 silicate of iron and potash, but of very variable composition, and 



