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due wefl: from the mouth of the river Ne/s an arm of the fea, 
C3.\hd 2je-zvley-fin/jy fix miles long, and half a mile broad 5 this 
channel, Mr. Frafer thinks, was formerly firm land j for near 
the middle of it were found large oak trees with their roots entire, 
fome above 60 foot long, lying covered in the fand, and he doubts 
not but they grew there 3 and for further confirmation hereof, 
there are three great heaps of flone in the Firth y at a confiderable 
diftance from each other, thefe are called Cainn in Irifo 5 one of 
them of a huge largenefs, in the middle of the Firths is acceflible 
at low-water • and it appears to have been a burial place, by the 
urns which are fometimes found there; as the fea encroaches 
upon, and wears the banks upwards, there are found oaken beams 
of 20 or 30 foot long, fome of them 8, others 12 or 14 foot under 
ground 5 Mr. Frafer faw one of them 14 foot long, that had the 
marks of the ax upon it, with feveral wimble-bores therein 5 the 
river di "Bei^ley^ that falls into this arm of the iea, near Lovaty 
hath funk fo low in its channel, that oaken trees of incredible 
length, and 16 foot under ground, have been found in the banks, 
with layers of fand, gravel, clay, and earth over them, and at 
another time he law fome oaks with coals, and pieces of burnt 
timber as low as 1 5 foot, or thereabouts: About 17 miles due 
weft from Se-wky, there is a foreft called Affaruck^ in which 
there is a mountain called Glennin-teci 5 and on the north-fide, 
under the fliade of a great floping rock, ftands a lake of frefh 
water, called Lochan PFyfi, or green lake, 18 foot in diameter, 
and about a fathom deep, which is always covered with ice both 
fummer and winter; the next mountain, to the north of that, is 
called Scure-in-lappich^ on the top of which is a vaft heap of 
white Itones, like cryftal, each of them larger than a man can 
throw, they ftrike fire like flint, and have the fmell of fea-weed 5 
there is alio found upon this mountain great plenty of oyfter, 
Icallop, and limpeir-fhells, tho' 20 miles from any fea; round this 
hill grows the fea-pink, in Irijh, T'eartag^ having the colour and 
tafte of that which grows on the fea-fliore: The 'Pagan temples, 
or places of idolatry, are very numerous here 5 for upon the fide 
of the river Narden^ Mr. Frafer reckoned 1 5 in the fpace of 
2 miles, they are of a round figure, and at the weft end have two 
higji ftones like pyramids; there is an outer and inner circle of 
lefTer ftones, and a round moat in the centre for the facrifices ; 
another fort of thefe places of worlliip is only of earth, with a 
trench round about them, and a moat in the middle ; in leveral 
of thefe Mr. Frafer found a round heap of ftones with urns in 
them; it leems a different religion did afterwards turn thefe 
places of worfliip into burial-grounds. 'j'ts 
