in the neighbourhood of St Andrews. 303 



Mottrey Burn, at Milton Saw-Mill, I passed by Milton farm- 

 house, ascended the hill or steep bank northward, and conti- 

 nued along its flattish ridge, as far as the small round hollow 

 near its northern extremity. In passing along, I determined 

 the elevation of the under-mentioned objects, principally by 

 directing the telescopic sight of the spirit-level towards them, 

 and making the necessary allowances for dip, «fec. This tak- 

 ing the height by observation, it may be remarked, cannot be 

 depended upon within a few feet : — 



. Feet. 



1. Elevation of a rounded bank on the Dundee Road^ opposite 



Milton farm-house, 5q 



2. Ground on which Leuchars church stands, ... 55 



3. A flat bank or surface extending from the west end of Leu- 



chars village northward, along the left of the Dundee 

 ^°^^' 56 to 60 



4. A high flattish bank to the south-west of Milton Saw-Mill, 62 

 6. A flattish gently-sloping surface, north-east of Pusk (aver- 

 age). 60 



6. Height of Milton farm-bank, near its south end, . . 72 



7. The same, at the north march of the farm, . . . gj" 



Mr Duncan found some other platforms in this neiglibour- 

 hood, which are generally about 107 feet above the level of 

 the sea. This, it will be observed, does not correspond with 

 any beach observable near St Andrews ; but this may be ac- 

 counted for in various ways — by none more simple than this, 

 that that beach may not be marked in our immediate neigh- 

 bourhood. As our second plateau is not marked on Scoonie- 

 Hill, west of Pipeland, so may this not have been marked in 

 that situation at all. The other elevations enumerated by 

 Mr Duncan, correspond strikingly with those of our first pla- 

 teau. The remarkable-looking mound on which Leuchars 

 kirk stands, is composed of gravel and other sea-deposited 

 materials. It is clearly a fragment of the last sea-bed, left 

 by accidental causes. Mr Fraser, in his Map of Fife, gives 

 its height as 57 feet, which is just about that of a large part 

 of the platform on which St Andrews is situated. The linea- 

 rity of the surfaces enumerated by Mr Duncan in the Leuchars 

 district, is extremely striking ; and from that place, the lines 

 formed by our own second, third, and fourth torraccb, are seen 

 with the gi-catest distinctness. 



