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South of Cove the Oornstones are almost immediately succeeded 

 by a thick mass of sandstone, also more or less calcareous 

 in character. Close to Cove Harbour this diffused calcareous 

 matter has segregated out, and has given rise to some very 

 remarkable spheroidal concretions, which, in a few cases, 

 are as much as a yard in diameter. Captain Norman seems 

 to have been the first to call attention to these great natural 

 stone balls. As regards the position of the rock in which 

 they occur, it is not yet safe to hazard an opinion ; but as 

 that part of the coast is soon to be re-examined by the 

 Geological Survey, by the light thrown upon the succession 

 of the Lower Carboniferous rock of the Berwickshire coast 

 by Mr Gunn, the question whether these sandstones are 

 part of the Cornstones, or whether they belong to the 

 Fell Sandstone — the Ballagan Beds being nearly absent — 

 will probably be answered to the general satisfaction of 

 geologists.* 



For the rest of the section at Cove see Mr Gunn's paper 

 in the Transactions of the Club, read at the Berwick Meeting, 

 13th October 1898 (Vol. xvi., pp. 313-316.) 



* Note added, Janaary 1904. Since this was written Mr Clough, of 

 the Geological Survey, has resurveyed this part of the coast, and has 

 shown that the sandstone in question belongs to the lower part of 

 the Ballagan Beds. He has also proved the existence of the large 

 fault near Cove, to which the present writer drew attention at the 

 time of the Club's excursion. See the section appended, which is 

 a copy of the one used on that occasion. 



