MINERALOGY OF THE PENTLAND HILLS. HQ 



alpine land of Scotland, by means of Mendeck 

 liill, the Dolphington Hills, and other hills. Its 

 north-eastern extremity is lofty, in some places 

 precipitous and cliffy, and the most prominent 

 point is Kirkyetten Craig. The breadth of the 

 group varies from three to eight miles : the hills 

 of which it is composed, exhibit considerable va- 

 riety in shape : those to the west of the river Esk 

 are generally more or less round-backed, whereas 

 those to the east of the same boundary, besides 

 the round-backed shape, display also the more 

 elegant conical and tabular forms : and its height 

 is considerable, se.veral of the hills being 1600 or 

 1700 feet above the level of the sea. 



In this paper, it is my intention to describe on- 

 ly a part of the group, viz. that portion of it 

 which extends from the bridge of Caerlips to Kirk- 

 yetten Craig, a distance of rather more than eight 

 miles ^ ; and which includes the whole of that 

 part of the Pentlands contained in Mid- Lothian. 



The south-western extremity of this portion of 

 the group, joins with Caerlips Hill, Mount Hill, 

 and other neighbouring hills : its north-eastern 

 extremity is composed of several hills irregularly 

 grouped together, with small valleys between, and 

 of which, the Kirkyetten Hills are the most 



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* This part of the group is laid down in Laurie's map of 

 the county of Mid-Lothian, pubhshed in 1763. 



