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remains of Man have yet been found in Ireland. One clean-cut 

 bone which had been unearthed eventually proved to be but the 

 remains of a modern mutton chop. In reply to Mr. Kennard he 

 stated that all remains so far found of the " Horse " belonged to 

 a race of small ponies. He did not think there was evidence of a 

 post-Glacial land-bridge. 



Mr. R. LI. Praeger, at the conclusion of the discussion, 

 proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the Vice-Chancellor of the 

 University for presiding, and desired him to convey to the Senate 

 the best thanks of the Club for granting them permission to hold 

 their meetings in the University. The proposal was seconded by 

 Mr. Nevin H. Foster and the vote of thanks was passed by 

 acclamation. The Vice-Chancellor replied in a few well-chosen 

 words, and the proceedings terminated. 



TUESDAY, 13TH MAY. 

 EXCURSIONS TO BENEVENAGH AND PORTSTEWART. 



On this day the members of the party for the Derry and 

 Antrim Coast excursions left Belfast in two detachments. The 

 first, under the guidance of Mr. Praeger, left by the 8-0 a.m. train 

 for Benevenagh, and on arrival at Bellarena Station immediately 

 commenced the ascent. A short halt was made by the Healing 

 Well situated close to the ruins of the ancient church of Tamlaght. 

 Ascending the lower slopes a bushy thicket, mainly composed of 

 Hazel and Blackthorn, with open Bracken-covered glades, was 

 passed at a height of between five and six hundred feet. Between 

 this and the talus of the main cliffs lies a comparatively fiat 

 stretch of dry ground on which the most noticeable plant was the 

 Heath, Erica cintrea> which grew in numberless tussocks, the 

 intervening space being almost entirely occupied by Mosses and 

 other of the lower plants. No sooner had the final ascent been 

 commenced than some fine clumps of the Cushion Pink, Silene 

 aeaulis, denoted the arrival of the party among the alpines for 



