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of Inverugie made a large collection of the fossils here, 

 which show that the boulders are of the age of the Lower 

 Lias. 



Passing on to Cummingstown, the next place of in- 

 terest is the Masons' Haugh Quarry near it, in which slabs 

 with footprints have been frequently found — some of them 

 very peculiar. A bed with very interesting footprints lay 

 exposed for a long time in this quarry, but it has now 

 disappeared. In conclusion, I need only refer to the casts 

 of suncracks at Burghead Point, and the occurrence of 

 Ophioglossum Vulgatum near the Village. The cracks 

 have often been mistaken for a fossil, and certainly a 

 novice might be pardoned for the mistake, for one large 

 central crack and several lateral ones branching from it 

 have a striking resemblance to the backbone and ribs of 

 some gigantic fossil. 



JAMES GRANT. 



