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chief road on the island is formed on this terrace, and is as full 

 of interest and beauty as the coast road of Antrim. There are 

 only two or three roads crossing the interior of the island. All 

 else is moor and mountain. Some interesting antiquities at the 

 mouth of Glen Sannox were described, and a sketch was shown 

 of a head, probably on the door jamb of an eleventh or twelfth 

 century Celtic Church ; it is now built into the sidewall of an 

 old graveyard. Glen Sannox is one of the wildest and grandest 

 spots in Scotland outside of Skye. It bears many striking 

 marks of glacial action. Loch Ranza, on the north-west of the 

 island, is a charming spot, full of historic interest. It was here 

 Bruce met his companions before his famous descent upon the 

 Carrick shore. There is a ruined castle on the beach, and one 

 may still in imagination recall the scenes so well depicted in 

 Scott's Lord of the Isles. There are several interesting 

 features near the road which runs along the west coast. The 

 striking series of mounds that resemble some great fortification, 

 that lie near the mouths of Glen Catacol and Glen Rosa, were 

 described ; these probably formed the delta at the mouth of the 

 valleys, deposited when the land level was lower than at present, 

 and which, as the land rose, have been cut out by the shifting 

 bed of the stream into their present shape. A sketch was shown 

 of a pillar stone, 18 feet in height, the tallest in Scotland, 

 which, with its fallen companion, stands near the road. An 

 account was given also of the effect produced by the westerly 

 gales and sea spray upon the birch woods along the coast. The 

 trees grow only 10 feet high, and their tops are at that level 

 matted together, and the branches intertwisted into a compact 

 canopy almost proof against the passage of light and rain. 

 Arran is infinitely better worth seeing than the Isle of Man, and 

 the members of the Club were strongly urged to take the first 

 opportunity of paying it a visit. 



After a brief discussion on the paper, the election of new 

 members brought the proceedings to a close. 



