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tea, W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., thanked W. Gray in the name 

 of the club for the trouble he had taken in acting as guide to 

 this most interesting but little known district. A short business 

 meeting was then held, and the following were elected members : 

 —Dr. Lorrain Smylh, J. M. M'llroy, John Bain, S. K. Kirker, 

 C.E., of the Board of Works ; and Major-General Bland, R.E. 

 The 6.5 train was then taken, reaching Belfast shortly after 9. 

 The geology of the district is mainly of rocks either Silurian or 

 older, being mainly mica schists, with bands of primary limestone 

 interstratified, as pointed out near the Dog's Leap. During a 

 short wait at Limavady Junction, W. H. Patterson obtained 

 samples of the very rich estuarine clay which covers the whole 

 neighbourhood, and on the return journey several of the 

 microscopists took lumps to wash down for foraminifera. The 

 very numerous shells were in excellent condition, although 

 the stay was not long enough to secure any rarities. The 

 botanists had the advantage of both S. A. Stewart's and Mrs. 

 Leebody's presence, and during the day they found the following 

 plants which may be worth mentioning : — Lamium album, 

 Arenaria trinervis, Geum intermedium, Listera nidus-avis< 

 Carex Icevigala, and Lastrcea cemula (Breeds fern). It may 

 also be worth noting the very great abundance of the larger 

 variety of the cowwheat (Melampyrum pratense), the flowers 

 being large and fine. The weather being so dry landshells were 

 few, and none of them out of the common. 



6 July. 

 THE GOBBINS. 



The fourth summer excursion of the Field Club was held on 

 the 6 July, when a party of over fifty assembled at the Northern 

 Counties Railway, bound for Islandmagee and the Gobbins. 

 Arriving at Ballycarry, the party walked across the peninsula, 

 and then the various sections took their several ways, each 

 intent on their particular pursuit. Several members took the 



