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June took place, under the conductor-ship of Mr. A. M'l. Cleland, 

 the objectives being the Kempe stone at Rockfield and the dun at 

 Dundonald. A party of about forty-five met the conductor at 

 Dundonald Station and walked to the adjacent field, in which 

 were two fine examples of "standing stones." From thence the 

 members proceeded to the Kempe stone, where a halt was made 

 whilst the conductor gave a short description of this monument 

 of the past, and similar structures, illustrating his remarks by a 

 series of excellent photographs. A short walk through the 

 grounds of Rockfield House brought the party to a quarry in the 

 Triassic Sandstone, covered by a thick cap of boulder-clay. After 

 a few remarks from Dr. J. K. Charlesworth as to the points to be 

 observed in the quarry, an adjournment was made to Dundonald 

 Presbyterian Church, where the Rev. J. Bingham very kindly had 

 on exhibition the fine sixteenth-century treasure chest of which 

 the church is so justly proud. 



At the business meeting held before returning to Belfast Mrs. 

 Bradley, Miss Sayers and Miss Janet M. Bell were elected 

 ordinary Members, and J. R. H. Greeves an Associate Member. 



LAGAN CANAL. 



The third excursion of the session took place on 1 6th June. 

 Some eighty members and friends travelled by the two o'clock 

 train to Hillsborough, and under the conductorship of Mr. N. H. 

 Foster walked to the Lagan Canal at Newport and thence to 

 Lisburn. On arrival at Lisburn the party proceeded to the 

 Cathedral which by kind permission of Rev. Canon Pounden had 

 been opened for their inspection. Mr. James Carson briefly 

 outlined the history of the venerable building and drew attention 

 to some of the historic monuments therein. In the course of his 

 remarks he said that the Cathedral, then known as the Church 

 of St. Thomas, had been built by Sir Brook Conway in 1623, and 

 in 1662 constituted Cathedral of the united diocesses of Down 

 and Connor — Dromore being added in 1842. The church had 



