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with hard gritty materials coming against the rock dipping as above 
explained, would be deflected in its course along the face of the rock 
from S.E. to E.S.E. At the N.W. end one groove measured 2 inches 
wide and \ inch deep ; another, 2 inches wide and -|th inch deep. 
They became fainter towards their S.E. ends. 
At another place on the road side, the striae ran W.S.W., but 
the surface of the striated rock faced the south, and it was in a 
confined valley only about 30 feet above the sea. 
On the hill adjoining, 122 feet above the sea, a granite knoll on 
an open moor showed a deep rut about 18 inches long, running from 
W.N.W., its west end being deepest and widest. 
At another place the boulder had in its progress eastward been in- 
tercepted by a vertical ledge of rock at its east end, and it was resting 
on a horizontal bed of rock, just as in figs. 10 and 12. 
At another place there were 5 or 6 huge boulders piled over one 
another, all resting on a rocky knoll, standing above the general 
surface of the adjoining district. The topmost boulder, lying in a 
slanting position on the others, could have obtained that position 
only by coming from the westward. This spot was 80 feet above 
the sea. 
About 3 miles to the north of Askernish, on the east side of 
the main road, there is a perched block of granite, on the pointed 
summit of a rocky hill about 130 feet above the sea. Two views 
are given in figs. 21 and 22. The base on which the boulder stands 
is exceedingly narrow. The boulder is in size 14 x 12 x 8 feet, 
and its contact with the rock is only 6x4 feet. A steep hill rises 
near the boulder on its east side, but the boulder could not have 
fallen from it. That hill would arrest an iceberg or ice-floe, if the 
boulder came in that way from the west. As the ice melted, the 
boulder might have subsided gently on the peak. Some smaller 
boulders cap a rocky knoll below, as shown on the figures. All 
these indicate transport from the N.W. by some means. 
9. Loch Eport is a remarkably narrow arm of the sea, on the 
east coast, which runs more than half-way across North Uist, 
towards the west coast. Erom the deck of the steamboat numerous 
boulders were seen, most of them resting on knolls. The smooth 
faces of the rocks were all strikingly towards the N.W., whilst the 
rough and jagged rocks all fronted the S.E. 
