6 a8 [Proc. B.N.F.C., 



which was exhibited at the Chicago Exhibition. This collection 

 is now preserved by her son, who resides in Co. Meath. 



James Shanks, born 4th November, 1854, died 2nd Nov 

 ember, 191 2, at Ballyfounder, near Portaferry, was an intelligent 

 and successful farmer, who for his recreation studied the botany, 

 archaeology, and geology of the district of Little Ards, in County 

 Down. He took a great interest in the native plants of his 

 locality, and every year exhibited large collections of the wild 

 flowers of the Ards at all the local flower shows. He had made 

 himself a pyramidal revolving stand for these occasions, which 

 held a great many flowers and enabled all to be easily examined 

 by the visitors. Mr. Shanks was of a retiring and modest dis 

 position, and never made a parade of his learning." 



"SOME GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SCOTLAND AND 

 THEIR RELATION TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE 

 NORTH OF IRELAND." 



The second meeting of the Winter Session was held in the 

 Museum on 17th December, when a most interesting lecture was 

 delivered by A. R. Dwerryhouse, D.Sc, F.G.S., M.R.I. A., on the 

 above subject. The President, Rev. Canon Lett, M.R.I.A., 

 occupied the chair. 



The lecturer directed attention chiefly to the Archaean and 

 Palaeozoic rocks, and showed that the great "Caledonian" earth 

 movements which above all others determined the structure 

 of the North of Ireland took place at the end of the Silurian 

 Period. The structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland 

 was dealt with at some length, and it was shown that the Lewisian 

 gneiss, the oldest rock known in the British Isles, had been 

 formed by the crushing and shearing of a great complex of basic 

 igneous rocks. The sequence of events prior to the deposition ol 

 the Torridon Sandstone was shown to be a complex and lengthy 

 one, including (a) the intrusion of the igneous rocks ; (b) their 





