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BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



September 5. — Geological vSection. — An excursion to the quarries 

 in the neighbourhood of Carnmoney was held on this date. The rock in 

 tlie quarries visited is fine grained dolerite, but in each quarry a mass of 

 amygdaloidal structure appears. In this R. Bell pointed out the following 

 minerals : — Thomsonite, gahnitc, saponite, fayalite, chabazite, and 

 calcite. 



September 19. — On this date the Geological Section had an excursion 

 to Cloghfin and Islandmagee district. The following fossils were found : — 

 Avicula contorta, Exogyra conica, Pecten orbicularis, P. quinquecostatus , 

 Ventriculites cribrosus, and Etheridgia mirabilis. In the basalt cliff near 

 Wliitehead the minerals gmelinite and analcite were noticed. 



March t6. — Geological Section. — A meeting was held in the Club 

 room in the Museum, College Square, North. The evening was devoted 

 to the exhibition of specimens. W. J. C. Tomlinson exhibited speci- 

 mens of calcite from veins in iron ore, Rathkenny, Co. Antrim ; from 

 " pockets" in chalk, Moneymore, Co. Derry ; and from vein in Carboni- 

 ferous limestone, Desertmartin ; barytes and calcite from haematite 

 vein, Cumberland ; quartz crystals on haematite -vein material ; iron 

 pyrites and quartz crystals on haematite ; columnar basalt from dyke 

 in Carr's Glen, Belfast. 



Miss Rea, on behalf of Dr. Charlesworth, showed fossils, Hippurites, sp. ? 

 Cancer patagonicus, Cuttlefish with ink bag in situ, amber enclosing insects. 



R. Welch exhibited rude flint implements from raised beach 

 areas in Co. Antrim, and, for comparison, similar types from Grimes 

 Graves, Suffolk ; also a collection of Pleistocene and Holocene Land and 

 Fresh-water Mollusca from deposits in Ireland and S.E. England. 



R. Bell exhibited specimens of Nautilus striatus from Lower Lias, 

 at Barney's Point ; Ammonites Bucklandi ; also orbicular granite from 

 Mullaghderg, Co. Donegal. Miss S. Blackwood showed a collection of 

 specimens of rocks from the Enghsh lake district. 



OBITUARY. 



GEORGE J. FOGERTY, M.D., R.N. 



Irish naturalists will hear with deep regret of the death of Dr. George 

 Fogerty, of Limerick, at the age of sixty -four. Since his retirement 

 from the medical service of the Navy he lived in his native town, and 

 took a prominent part in the founding and carrjnng on of the Limerick 

 Field Club, and was keenly interested in all matters relating to the natural 

 history and archaeology of the south and west of Ireland. His advice 

 and help were always at the service of scientific visitors to Limerick and 

 Clare, and his cheerful presence stimulated work at many excursions 

 of the Field Club Union and the local Society. 



