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of an old sea-beach far up the shore. It took him ten 

 minutes to walk from there to high-water mark on the 

 present sea-beach. He concluded that the sea once 

 covered all the land between Dunnet Bay and Sinclair 

 Bay, and that it was gradually retiring from the land. 



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He set out on his homeward journey by "Wester 

 Loch. The shores of the loch weie composed of marsh, 

 peat, sour grass, and mire. As he approached, he 

 startled the sea-birds which frequented it. There were 

 sea-mews, sea-ducks, wild geese, and wild swans. He 

 counted thirty-six ducks rise in rapid succession. At 

 the head of the loch he found a travelled stone a mass 

 of grey granite several tons in weight moored just 

 within the dry laud. Two large boulders of the same 

 mat -rial lay on the opposite side of the water, 

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