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the one, and beginning of the other, is seen dis- 

 tinctly, but the mass is equally strong at the junc- 

 tion, as any where else. 



The granite here, is of much the same texture 

 as in the Dee district ; the felspar greyish-white, 

 sometimes flesh>red ; and the grains both of it, 

 and the quartz, about a quarter of an inch or less 

 in diameter. The mica, black, or brownish- 

 black. Some varieties contain hornblende, but I 

 did not here observe any shorl. 



Having made these observations on the north 

 end of this granite mass, I wished to see also how 

 it met the transition country on the south. And 

 for this purpose, on the 6th of September, set off 

 in company with my friend Mr Macmillan of 

 Viewfield, near New Galloway, whose obliging* 

 ness, intelligence, and zeal, in these sort of pur- 

 suits, I cannot too highly acknowledge. 



8. We first found the granite about eleven miles 

 west of New Galloway, on the western side of the 

 hill of Little Millyea, about half way down the 

 hill, onje mile and a half to the N. E. of Loch Dee. 

 Here, in as far as could be observed, it appeared 

 to be in contact with compact gneiss, in so 

 much, that though I did not expect the granite 

 for more than a mile farther on, I observed to 

 Mr Macmillan, that now we must be near it, 

 for I perceived, we had come to the rock which 

 always lay upon it, and in a few steps farther we 



