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and exactly resembles the recent peat overlying the Upper Forest in the Highland 

 districts. 



B. Large stools and trunks of Pinus sylvestris, with cones and a few fragments of 

 Betula alba wood. 



C. Peat consisting of Equisetum sp. rhizomes, Carex sp>., Sphagnum sps., with seeds 

 of Potamogeton natans. 



In two sections taken less than a mile distant on the west side of Loch Tollie the 

 peat was only 3|- feet deep, and the pine stools were rooted in the sandy clay. The 

 few inches of peat lying under the pine stools and resting on sand and clay contained 

 numerous pollen grains of pine and moss spores. 



A very fine series of terminal moraines occur at 650 feet on Cnoc Breac, which rises 

 to 962 feet in the centre of the peninsula. The peat extends to the summit of this 

 hill, and although little has formed on the moraines, peat is present to a depth of 5 feet 

 at their base. Sections were taken both above and below these moraines, but no differ- 

 ence in the stratification of the peat was observed, and it is evident that all the deposits 

 were formed later than the formation of the moraines. The actual strata observed were 

 the same as those already described from near Loch Tollie, although the total depth of 

 peat sometimes reached 8 feet. 



One section taken on the hillside about 100 yards above the moraines may be given 

 as typical of the rest : — 



A. Scirpus peat . ..... 4 feet. 



B. Pinus sylvestris . . . . . . . 2 ,, 



C. Structureless peat ....... 1 foot 3 inches. 



B. A considerable quantity of Betula glutinosa, Fries. — wood and catkin scales — 

 occurred between the stools of Pinus sylvestris. 



C. A few seeds of Potentilla tormentilla and Narthecium ossifragum. 



The village of Poole we stands upon a raised beach at an altitude of 50 feet above 

 O.D. This beach extends for about f mile to the south-east of the village, and for 

 some distance at the base of Cliff Hill is covered with peat. Sections were taken 

 for comparison with the deposits described from altitudes above 200 feet. 



The depth of the peat on this level shelf averages 5| feet. It is characterised by 

 a well-marked stratum of Pinus sylvestris 2-3 feet below the surface, but owing to the 

 proximity of the moss to Poolewe there is reason to suppose that much of the surface 

 has at various times been removed for fuel. Underlying the stratum of pine is Scirpus 

 csespitosus and Carex sp. peat to a depth of 2 feet. This rests upon the old beach, and 

 the character of the peat shows no change at the base. The stratification of this raised- 

 beach peat is then precisely the same as the peat lying above 200 feet, and the character 

 of the peat immediately resting on the sand and stones suggests that the formation 

 of the peat did not commence until some time after elevation had taken place. 



