1898-99] 5°i 



In two Field Excursions held in connection with the series 

 much was illustrated in situ in Scrabo Quarries, and at 

 Magheramorne and Barney's Point. 



At the closing Meeting the hope was expressed that a 

 similar series would be instituted for next year dealing more in 

 detail with some of the subjects. 



A few of our Members still very actively continue the work 

 of Glacial Geology, on which Miss S. M. Thompson furnishes 

 the Report. 



J. ST. J. PHILLIPS, 



Hon. Sec. of Section. 



GLACIAL GEOLOGY. 



Investigations into the Glacial Geology of our District 

 progress steadily though slowly, owing to the want of more 

 workers in this important branch of inquiry. Since the last 

 detailed Report of work accomplished which was published in 

 our Proceedings for 1895-6, ^twenty-five new localities have 

 oeen more or less exhaustively examined, and results recorded 

 in the schedules prepared for the purpose. The glacial deposits 

 at Newry, Dromore, and the Shore of Strangford Lough South 

 of Castle Espie, in Down, and on the slopes of the Black 

 Mountain, Longhurst, Drum-Tough, Cranfield Point (Lough 

 Neagh), and at Kilwaughter above Larne, in Antrim, have 

 been worked up, the remainder will require many visits before 

 the schedules can be completed. 



Welcome help is afforded by some of our members who bring 

 in erratics from promising localities casually visited. For 

 instance, Mr. Knowles reports the occurrence of Antrim flints 

 in the boulder clays of Co. Donegal. The Hon. Sec. would be 

 glad to receive information of new gravel pits or brickfields 

 opened, as boulder clay sections exposed on roads or railways, 

 especially from inland localities. The glacialists would then 

 visit such localities and secure valuable information that might 

 otherwise be lost. Such information is specially desired from 

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