CHAPTER X. 

 GEOLOGY OF THE COAST NEAR THURSO. 



A CORRESPONDENCE began between Eobert Dick and 

 Hugh Miller, which went on apace. Nothing would 

 satisfy Dick but an early visit from his friend to see the 

 fossils actually lying in their beds. "I have some 

 famous things for you to see," said Dick. " There is a 

 head of Holoptychius, which I have left for you to pick 

 out for yourself. There is a cranial buckler of an 

 Asterolepis, which I want you to see in its proper site. 

 Come, come without delay : there is no end of wonders 

 here no end of (lead fish. Even the town of Thurso is 



COAST NEAR THURSO. 



