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but this elevation decreases northward to some 8 feet in Aberdeen- 

 shire. 



Thus to the comparison of movements in the Belfast and Mersey 

 districts on p. 158, we may add the following succession of events in 

 the Forth and Tay districts as sketched by Jamieson : — 



(1) . Land surface of Boulder-clay, at a higher level than the 



present land surface. 



(2) . Growth of peat upon this surface. 



(3) . Submergence to a depth of 25 to 30 feet below present 



level. 



(4) . Formation of estuarine beds (tlie Carse clays), raised beaches, 



and caves. Man now in the country. 



(5) . Elevation to about present level. 



(6) . Accumulation of peat and of blown sand. 



Though not so complete as the Irish or English accounts, it will be 

 seen that the above closely follows these, and only differs in the absence 

 of certain details which further investigation might have supplied. 



Jamieson and subsequent authors record the finding of traces of 

 man of various ages — stone celts, dug-out canoes, and anchors, &c., 

 of iron, in the Carses ; and the occurrence of the last-named led Sir A . 

 Geikie^ and others to infer a Roman or post-Roman age for the elevation. 

 But Munro,^ in a recent summing-up of the question, discussing the 

 age of the uplift, concludes that "in Scotland this movement was 

 subsequent to the appearance of man in the district, but prior to the 

 Roman occupation of Britain." In liis examination and cross- 

 examination in the " gold ornaments " trial, ^ Munro fully deals with 

 the evidence, which he regards as untrustworthy and inadequate, 

 which has been put forward relegating the uplift to the period when 

 iron was in use in the country or to a subsequent time ; and he strongly 

 expresses his opinion in favour of a pre-Christian, and possibly 

 jN'eolithic, date for the elevation of the land.* 



1 " On the date of the last elevation of central Scotland." Q. J. G. S., xviii., 

 218-232. 1862. 



- Loc. cit., p. 285. 

 3 Loc cit., pp. 94-101. 



* Note added in Piiess. — Since the reading of our Paper, Dr. ]\Iunro has 

 reverted to this question, and published an important Paper (Proc. Hoy. Soc. Edinb., 

 vol. XXV., pp. 242-272. 1904) on the age of the final uplift in Scotland, d propos 

 of the evidence given at the " gold ornaments " trial, already referred to. In this, 



