EXCURSION TO LIHOU. 



On the 15th July, 1889, the excursion to Lihou, which had 

 been decided on at the last meeting of the Natural Science 

 Society, took place. Our secretary, who had had all the trouble 

 and responsibility of organising it> was unfortunately unable to 

 take part in it. At 10.30 the members and their friends who 

 intended to join in the excursion assembled in Trinity Square, 

 and at about eleven the start was made. The route was through 

 St. Martin's, where we took up Mr. Guille and some ladies, 

 which brought up the number of the party to twenty. "We 

 then drove past the Forest Church, and Les Islets Arsenal to 

 l'Eree, where we left the carriage. Lihou, as is well known, is 

 connected with Guernsey at this point by a causeway partly 

 paved, which uncovers about half tide. It was now 12.30, and 

 the passage being uncovered we lost no time in crossing over to 

 the island. After fortifying ourselves with such refreshments 

 as we had provided, we began the work of exploration. Lihou 

 is about a quarter of a mile long, and of triangular shape, 

 somewhat resembling Guernsey, and like it, terminating in a 

 point to the west. The surface is covered with turf, and is 

 divided into enclosures by stone walls. The rocks consist of 

 gneiss and dark blue veins (some of considerable width) of 

 diorite or diabase. The foliation of the gneiss is rather 

 regular, and the rock divides in nearly vertical planes, but 

 appears in many places to be more than usually resistent to 

 disintegrating influences. These peculiarities have given rise 

 to clusters of aiguilles protruding through the turf, which 

 give the island a picturesque profile. Lihou is permanently 



