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mediate rings of Nos. 2, 4, and 11 ; in the inner ring, that 

 is, inside the chamber, of No. 1 ; in the entrance passage of 

 No. 12; and in the small ring west of No. 11. The cup- 

 markings which I have seen at Clava are of a very rude 

 description, being shallow and not very round. But on the 

 occasion of my first visit I saw two " beauties " of cup-marked 

 stones which had been found by a neighbouring farmer in 

 a stone dyke, built of the materials of Nos. 8 and 9. The 

 stones were flat - faced slabs, but irregular in outline, and 

 about two feet each in breadth. One contained, as far as 

 I can remember, eight cups about three inches in diameter ; 

 and the other, sixteen or seventeen, about two inches across. 

 The cups were all exceedingly well formed, being quite 

 circular in outline, and hemispherical in the form of the 

 cavity. Before my second visit, the farmer had moved to 

 a considerable distance and taken the stones with him, so 

 I could not obtain drawings of them. I have just learned 

 of the existence of another cupped stone in the possession 

 of the farmer whose residence is close beside No. 10, and 

 my informant thinks it the best of the lot. On some future 

 occasion I may be able to show you portraits of all these 

 stones. 



I had intended to say a little on the theories as to the 

 meaning of these " cups," but must refrain in the meantime. 

 With your permission, I may at a future time revert to the 

 subject. And now my purpose is served by directing the 

 attention of any members who may not know much about 

 Clava to that most interesting group of circles, the most 

 extensive on the mainland of Scotland, surpassed only by 

 Stennis and Callernish, but possessing peculiar features of 

 their own, which render them in some respects more remark- 

 able than even these famous circles. 



[This paper was accompanied by a number of excellent 

 coloured diagrams and plans, which unfortunately cannot 

 be reproduced.] 



At this meeting, Mr John Laidlaw gave an interesting 

 paper entitled " Wheat, with some Observations upon its 

 Production in Eelation to its Consumption." 



