A short description of the probable manner of life of Palaeo- 

 lithic man was given, as suggested by such relics as have been 

 found in caverns and drift material, with special reference to the 

 carvings from Dordogne and La Madelaine, and the investigations 

 in Kent's Cavern at Torquay. In describing Neolithic man the 

 paper dealt with such records as have been brought to light in the 

 North of Ireland, by the investigations of prominent members of 

 the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club and by the lecturer's personal 

 researches. The river gravels at Larne yield the oldest type of 

 Neolithic implement in Ireland with which we are acquainted, the 

 site occupied by the Aluminium Works having been once an 

 extensive manufactory of flint implements. Great numbers have 

 been found of a very rude character, but exhibiting the character- 

 istic bulb and flaking that can only be produced by a blow, and 

 which is never in evidence on flints that have been broken by the 

 action of frost. These implements, it is believed, were distributed 

 by the early commercial traveller to localities where no flint 

 existed ; tools of a similar character and age have been found 

 extensively on Island Rea and Island Mahee, on the shores of 

 Strangford Lough, a locality where no flint exists in situ. The 

 great hollows among the sand-dunes between Dundrum and 

 Newcastle have yielded vast numbers of beautifully chipped 

 implements such as arrow-heads, scrapers, boring tools, and 

 ornamented pottery, in addition to numbers of beads and bronze 

 objects. These are all, however, of a much finer quality than the 

 foregoing, and point to a more recent period of occupation. 

 Whitepark Bay, Co. Antrim, has yielded an even greater number 

 of finds, including the complete skeleton of an early man. 



After referring to the shell-mounds of Dog's Bay, the White- 

 park Bay Kitchen-middens, and the polished axes of the Valley 

 of the Bann, a short description was given of the various structures 

 that are found upon our island connected with the life habits and 

 burial customs of early man. These included the crannoges or 

 lake dwellings, souterrains, cromlechs, and stone circles. 



