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castle and the shores of its bay were bathed in sunshine ; to the 

 south and west the peat bogs, white with bog cotton, and on 

 the sloping hills the well-tilled farms ; whilst Knoclayd rose 

 with its basalt-covered dome, high above the whole district. 

 At White Park Bay a halt was called, when the party soon 

 scattered over the sand dunes in search of worked flints and 

 pottery. The late storm had cleared the sand from many of 

 the likely sites, and soon a fair number of finds were made, 

 including some pieces of pottery with rude sunk ornament, 

 whilst pockets in the sand yielded good results to theconchologist. 

 The botanists found the beautiful meadow cranesbill or flower 

 of Dunluce in brilliant bloom throughout the day. The Lias 

 beds which occur in the bed of the stream at the east end of the 

 bay were not well exposed in situ, as much weathering and 

 slipping appeared to have taken place, but blocks of the lias 

 which were found yielded numerous and characteristic fossils. 

 Proceeding by the shore the scenery became more rugged and 

 the geology of more interest. Here the sea stacks and tunnels 

 in the rock were observed, whilst the beds of bole and lithomarge 

 showed as brilliant bands in the dark rock. Passing Ballintoy 

 Harbour and the quaint old windswept church, the village was 

 reached, where afternoon tea was served. The party then 

 proceeded past the quarry ofdolerite to Carrick-a-Raide, where 

 the volcanic neck and the characteristic beds of ash, with 

 included fragments of basalt, were observed. After this the 

 road was taken for Ballycastle, but occasional halts were made 

 at likely botanical localities, and also to see the very beautiful 

 example of fine grained and columnar basalt on the roadside 

 near Glenstaghy. After dinner some of the members proceeded 

 to the woods in search of moths, spending several hours 

 wandering about amongst the trees with a lantern examining 

 different plants and the sugar-smeared trunks of trees. The 

 programme for the second day took the party to Fair Head and 

 Murlough. A start was made shortly after nine o'clock along 

 the shore road to the sandstones and shales with coal seams 

 near Colliery Bay. Judging from the extent of the shafts 



