338 f Proc - B.N.F.C, 



angustifolium, Bide?is tripartita, Veronica scutei/aia, Sparganium 

 ramosum and 6". simplex. On the return to Downpatrick an 

 excellent tea was served in the Down Hunt Hotel, after which a 

 short business meeting was held, Mr. F. A. Heron presiding, 

 when Messrs. James Campbell and Robert King were elected 

 ordinary members. 



MAGHERAMORNE. 



The seventh excursion took place on nth August, when a 

 party of 60 members and friends went down to Magheramorne by 

 the 12-55 P- m - train, under the conductorship of Mr. A. M'l. 

 Cleland. 



The objects of the excursion were varied, including visits to 

 the works of the British Portland Cement Manufacturers, the 

 Magheramorne Quarries belonging to the same firm, Maghera- 

 morne House and Glen, and the raised beach on the shore of 

 Larne Lough close to Magheramorne. 



" On their arrival the party was met by Mr. F. W. Davis, the 

 courteous manager of the Cement Works, who conducting them 

 to the cement store, gave a lucid account of the processes 

 involved in the manufacture of cement. He then divided the 

 members into three sections, he himself taking charge of one, the 

 others being under the able conductorship of the Works Engineer 

 and the Works Chemist respectively. Very few, if any, of the 

 members had the slightest idea that works of such importance 

 and magnitude existed at Magheramorne, and as they traversed 

 department after department they were loud in their expressions 

 of interest and astonishment. 



Punctually at 3 p.m. the whistle blew and the Conductor led 

 the way to the Quarries, which have been worked for the last 100 

 years, the deepest workings being now below sea level. These 

 quarries afford excellent sections of the local geology, ranging from 

 Boulder-clay, through the Upper and Lower Basalts, down through 

 the Chalk and Greensand, and into the Keuper Marls. At one 



