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and black chert ; some dykes of felsite or porphyrite to soutli ; 
near Fontanhall Station several outcrops of pebbly greywackes. 
Observe the great trains of greywacke debris on hill slopes 
between Galashiels and Stow, 
Buckholm Hill, near Galashiels, gives splendid examples 
of Queensbury grits. 
IX. Observe the peculiar stained greywacke pebbles 
making up the Upper Old Red conglomerate in Leader Water 
above Earlston. How like boulder-clay stones. See junction 
of conglomerate and greywackes opposite to Caroside. The 
underlying rocks look like roches moutonmes. 
Observe the remains of staining of the greywackes on 
the Gattonside side of Melrose. 
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