378 REPORT—1896. 
P.S.—During the meeting news was received from Professor Sollas 
that the second attempt had been defeated, at a slightly greater depth, by 
a similar cause, the difficulty being increased by the presence of hard 
lumps of coral, like boulders, in the loose stuff. Thus the attempt to 
obtain a boring deep enough to throw much light on the structure had 
been a failure. Still the expedition had succeeded in ascertaining many 
facts which it was hoped would be interesting and valuable. 
The Character of the High-level Shell-bearing Deposits in Kintyre.— 
Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. HorNE (Chatrman), 
Dr. Davin Rosertson, Dr. T. F. Jamieson, Mr. James Fraser, Mr. 
P, F. Kenpaty, and Mr. DuGatp BELL (Secretary). (Drawn up 
by Mr. Bex, Mr. Fraser, and Mr. Horne; with Special Reports 
on the Organic Remains by Dr. ROBERTSON.) 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
I, Introduction 4 ; 378 
Il. Geographical Position. : > . . 9378 
III. Previous Observations regarding the Shelly Clay, Sic. . 378 
IV, Detailed Examination of the Shell- ey ca by the Committee . 9380 
V. Direction of Ice-flow in Kintyre. . 387 
VI. Report by Dr. DAVID ROBERTSON . : : : : : - . 389 
VII. Conclusion : ; ; . : : : : . : . 399 
I. Introduction, 
Since the presentation of their interim Report last year on the investi- 
gation of the shell-bearing deposits in Kintyre, the members of the 
Committee have carried out boring operations with the view of proving 
the extension of the shelly clay near Cleongart. The grant from the 
British Association having been insufficient for the work, the Committee 
cordially acknowledge a “grant in aid from the Council of the Royal 
Society of London, obtained through the courtesy and kindly interest of 
Sir Archibald Geikie. 
II. Geographical Position. 
The shell-bearing deposits in Kintyre, investigated by the Committee 
during 1895-6, occur at three localities on the west side of the peninsula 
and to the north of Machrihanish Bay (see maps, figs. 1 and 4). They 
are exposed in three stream sections: (1) in Tangy Burn ; (2) in Drumore 
Burn ; (3) in a stream near Cleongart, which run more or less parallel 
with each other in a westerly direction towards the Atlantic. 
III. Previous Observations regarding the Shelly Clay, &c. 
In 1852 Professor James Nicol, of Aberdeen,' chronicled the important 
fact that ‘many of the striated boulders in the clays of Kintyre are 
apparently derived from a distance, and some detached travelled stones are 
seen on the surface.’ He further observed near Macharioch several large 
boulders of white granite, ‘resembling the granite of Arran, which is the 
nearest place where this rock occurs in situ, though at the distance of 
23 miles across the deep hollow of Kilbrennan Sound.’ Striated rocks 
were noted at several localities, and he gives a few instances from the 
1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe., vol, viii. p. 406. 
