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SUMMER PROGRAMME. 

 FIELD MEETINGS. 



28 May. 

 ANTRIM TO LARNE. 



The first field meeting and exploring expedition for the 

 season occurred on Saturday, the 28th May. 



The course selected was from Antrim to Lame, along the 

 right slope of the Sixmilewater Valley and the left slope of the 

 Larne water or Invir. This district runs almost parallel to the 

 Northern Counties Railway, yet it is little known to the majority 

 of Belfast people. It is a district of the greatest interest to the 

 geologist, the antiquarian, the politician, and the agriculturist. 

 Some of the most striking events of our past history occurred 

 here, and many of the leaders of our modern enterprise and 

 progress came from this locality. Our party reached Antrim 

 by the Northern Counties Railway, and at once proceeded to 

 pay their respects to the Round Tower of Antrim, by permission 

 of Mr. Clark, whose late father was always interested in the 

 Club's work, and cheerfully made them welcome to the steeple 

 and its grounds. At Antrim we were met by Rev. Mr. Smith, 

 a gentleman who has made a study of the antiquities and 

 natural history of this locality. From the base of the tower 

 Mr. Smith gave a full description of this tower and other local 

 antiquities, and promptly replied to the volley of questions put 

 to him by the members of the party anxious to know— the date 



