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227 ft. G in. This measurement is'not'given as strictly exact, but 

 includes the diameter of each stone. The stones are not from the 

 quarry in the hill-side, which is a soft clay slate ; but they present 

 the usual forms of boulders obtained from the drifts of the glacial 

 period. They are not granitic, and they are not silurian, yet seem 

 to be metamorphic, judging from the appearance of white soft- 

 looking grains of which they are largely composed, with one 

 exception. This exception is the only one which is distinctly 

 silurian, and is the most remarkable one in the whole circle, as it 

 contains some of the " cup markings " on its fiat top, which have 

 so strongly attracted the notice of antiquarians of late. This stone 

 has a flat top, but it is its natural top, and not made fiat by the 

 hand of man. It has two straight sides, the rest is roundish. 

 From the angles two lines of 35 in. and 36 in. can be drawn. It 

 has a circumference of nearly 10 ft, One of the cups is smaller 

 than the others, of which there are three on the top, running in 

 line nearly straight about a foot in length. A line drawn straight 

 across the centres of the first and third would just cut the edge of 

 the circumference of the second. The diameter of each of these 

 three is the same, that is 8-lOths of an inch, and of capacity to 

 hold a boy's marble — not the taw, but the forfeits. A good 

 counter might be able to nm the number of holes round it to 

 a higher figure, but there will be no difliculty in counting 12 

 similar cups round the sides. The three on the top alone might 

 arouse suspicion as to their great antiquity, lint the others uphold 

 their claim in a manner not to be disputed. 



Sra' of February, 18S8. 



Mr Thomas Siiortridge, ex-Provost, presided. Twenty-six 

 members present. 



New Member. — Mrs Thompson, Eosemount Terrace. 



Donaiions. — Two volumes from the author, Mr Peter Gray, 

 one on Fungi and Mosses, and the other on Seaweeds and Shells ; 

 a pamphlet on the Rock-Sculpturings in Kirkcudbrightshire from 

 the author, Mr George Hamilton ; a Communion Token of the 

 associated congregations of Dumfries, dated 1766, from Mr 

 Barbour ; two Communion Tokens of St. Mary's Church, Dumfries, 

 from Mr William Allan; the Tokens of Balmaclellan, Dairy, 

 Minnigaff, and Kells, from Mr M'Andrew ; and of the following 



