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ject. " Macgillivray's remark," says Edward, "in- 

 stantly flashed upon me. I looked at the Shelly- 

 bush shells in our collection, and compared them 

 with the raised beaches of King Edward, and Gamrie. 

 I saw the difference in a moment, and smiled at my 

 own stupidity. Away I went to the Bush, and the 

 happy result was, that before I returned, I had the 



SPV.NJE CASTLE AMU LuCH. 



inexpressible delight of ascertaining that the old sea- 

 beach was neither more nor less than a veritable 

 Kitchen-midden." 



The Eev. Dr. Gordon of Birnie, near Elgin, had 

 already found a similar accumulation of shells on the 

 old margin of the Loch of Spynie, formerly an arm 

 of the sea. The mound is situated in a small wood 

 on the farm of Brigzes. It had been much dimi- 



