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the deposit is comparatively thin. Shells are abundant here in 

 a wonderful state of preservation, and it is rich in foraminifera 

 and very small shells. Many specimens were obtained and 

 taken away. On this spit of land a member of the Club (Mr. 

 F. A. Porter) called attention to a new local industry which is 

 just being started there ; in fact, the wooden pegs marking the 

 levels were much in evidence. Mr. Porter stated that the 

 Limmer Asphalte Paving Company, Limited, had found that 

 the limestone at Magheramorne was the best suited for the 

 purpose of manufacturing their asphalte, and consequently the 

 Company have secured the sole right to the whole of the 

 Magheramorne output for paving purposes. Works are being 

 erected on this spit of land, where the paving blocks will be 

 actually manufactured, the rock asphalte being shipped direct 

 from France and Sicily, to be ground to powder, boiled in huge 

 cauldrons, and mixed with bitumen and limestone. Thus a 

 great deal of employment will be given locally. The members 

 were much interested in Mr. Porter's account of what may be 

 considered a local enterprise, and wished it every success. It 

 being now train time, a move was made for the station, and the 

 8-2 o train taken for Belfast, which was reached at 9-20. Among 

 the less common plants found were the viper's bugloss (echium 

 vulgare), white campion (lychnis vespertina). Mullein (verbas- 

 cum thapsus), fieabane (pulicaria dysenterica), dyers' rocket 

 (reseda luteola), square-stalked St. John's wort (hypericum- quad- 

 rangulum). Land shells were not at all common, but helix 

 intersecta was found in quantity over the spit of land referred to 

 above, and hydrobia ventrosa is still in its old station. Butter- 

 flies were scarce, but the small white, the meadow brown, and 

 the speckled wood were observed. 



EXCURSION TO BALLINDERRY AND PORTMORE. 



The sixth excursion of the season took place on Saturday, 

 August 1 2th, when members and their friends to the number of 

 fifty-six started in brakes from the Linen Hall Library at ten 



