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and measures 25 feet in height, 35 feet in length, 92 feet round, and is estimated 

 to weigh 570 tons. 



At Cantraybruich, about 500 feet above the sea-level, is a bed of blue clay 

 containing numerous Arctic shells. 



At Clava the cairns and stone circles were visited. There are many circles 

 in the strath. 



Luncheon was taken on Culloden Moor, and the various landmarks of the 

 battle were pointed out and the incidents described by the Rev. Mr. Fraser of 

 Croy. 



During the return journey the beauty of the scenery was much admired, 

 especially at Holme Bridge. A visit to Kilravock Castle concluded a most 

 pleasant and successful excursion. On their return to Nairn the party broke 

 Aip in time to allow the return of the strangers to their various destinations. 



DOLLAR LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY— This Society was 

 omitted in our lists of Scottish Scientific Societies ; but we are glad to have 

 the opportunity afforded us of correcting the omission and of reporting its pro- 

 ceedings. The Society meets monthly, and in the course of the present session 

 two meetings have been held, at the first of which Mr. Carmichael lectured 

 upon the theories of the beautiful, and made use of natural objects to illustrate 

 his views. At the next meeting Professor Struthers, of Aberdeen University, 

 lectured on The Relation of Man to the Higher Animals in the light 

 thrown upon that relationship by the theory of evolution. The lecturer gave a 

 resume of the gounds on which evolutionists believe that a genetic relationship 

 exists between the various species of animals, dwelling specially upon the ex- 

 istence of abnormal and of rudimentary structures in the human body, and on 

 inferences to be drawn from these. Both lectures were much appreciated. 



EDINBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Saturday, 14th June, 1884).— 

 The Society visited, under the leadership of the Rev. E. Kennedy of Largo, 

 the coast line from Cat's Craig to Largo. The party first proceeded to the 

 mouth of the Cockle Burn, and examined some very interesting sections of 

 sand and gravel, old sea-beaches and basaltic columns. Passing towards 

 Largo a splendid upheaval of the edge of the Carboniferous strata was observed, 

 .and, together with a considerable mass of coal fossils, proved most interesting. 

 After examining several boulders the party walked up the Keil's Den Burn to 

 sections of shale and sandstone where some fossils were obtained. They 

 afterwards visited the Blindwells Quarry, where is a mass of basalt intruded 

 into the Carboniferous Limestones and shales, and thereafter returned to 

 Edinburgh. 



PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE (November 13, 

 18S4). — Numerous donations to the Museum in all branches of Natural History 

 were announced, those to the Perthshire collections being of especial value. 

 The President, Dr. F. Buchanan White, read a paper entitled Museum Notes 

 I. Perthshire Mammalia, It is the wish of the Society to supplement the 

 collections contained in their excellent Museum with a series of papers that 

 will show the principles on which it has been arranged, and also the deficiencies 

 in the collections that are in need of being supplemented. Dr. White's paper 

 is the first of this series, the mammals having been selected alike because of the 



