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  ferous 
  sandstones 
  of 
  Find- 
  

   rassie, 
  Spynie, 
  and 
  Lossie- 
  

   mouth 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  succeeded 
  con- 
  

   formably 
  by 
  a 
  limestone 
  

   (cornstone), 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  

   worked 
  at 
  Bilboa 
  Hall, 
  about 
  

   half 
  a 
  mile 
  north-east 
  of 
  the 
  

   quarry 
  in 
  the 
  wood, 
  where 
  

   the 
  cherty 
  sandstones 
  occur. 
  

   It 
  continues 
  westwards 
  for 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance, 
  its 
  western 
  

   termination 
  being 
  marked 
  

   by 
  a 
  slight 
  escarpment, 
  be- 
  

   yond 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  tract 
  

   of 
  country 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  

   limestone 
  has 
  been 
  denuded. 
  

   Eastwards 
  from 
  Bilboa 
  Hall 
  

   the 
  limestone 
  forms 
  a 
  low 
  

   ridge, 
  along 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  extensively 
  worked 
  at 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  south 
  of 
  Elgin. 
  

   At 
  Glassgreen 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  

   abandoned 
  quarry, 
  and 
  also 
  

   at 
  Ashgrove 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  

   limestone 
  occurs 
  eastwards 
  

   at 
  Linkswood, 
  in 
  the 
  cutting 
  

   of 
  the 
  Elgin 
  and 
  Rothes 
  Kail- 
  

   way, 
  resting 
  upon 
  a 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  like 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  wood 
  

   just 
  referred 
  to. 
  From 
  Links- 
  

   wood, 
  as 
  I 
  learn 
  from 
  the 
  Rev. 
  

   Dr. 
  Gordon, 
  the 
  limestone 
  

   still 
  continues 
  eastwards 
  to 
  

   the 
  sea, 
  near 
  the 
  Boar's 
  Head. 
  

   This 
  band 
  of 
  limestone 
  dips 
  

   N.N.W. 
  at 
  10°, 
  and 
  extends 
  

   under 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Elgin, 
  

   where 
  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  informs 
  

   me 
  it 
  is 
  reached 
  in 
  well- 
  

   sinking 
  after 
  the 
  sands 
  and 
  

   gravels 
  are 
  passed 
  through. 
  

   It 
  was 
  formerly 
  wrought 
  at 
  

   Pittendricht, 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  west 
  of 
  Elgin, 
  this 
  being 
  

   the 
  most 
  westerly 
  point 
  

   where 
  it 
  occurs. 
  Eastwards 
  

   it 
  is 
  again 
  seen 
  at 
  Sherriff 
  

   Mill, 
  and 
  also, 
  as 
  is 
  well 
  

   known, 
  at 
  Linksfield, 
  imme- 
  

   diately 
  north-east 
  of 
  Elgin, 
  

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