621 
of Edinburgh, Session 1879-80. 
has been carried westwards between this part of the valley and 
Loch Broom, a tract which I have examined more than once. It 
has been carried altogether towards the east, in accordance with the 
general slope of the country. This granite would seem, however, to 
occupy a wider and more elevated area in the Ben Wyvis mountains 
than is shown in the Blaekwater, from which it has been borne and 
dropped along the south shores of the Moray Firth, after being 
carried down the several valleys that drain this range into the 
Cromarty Firth, as well as down through Strathpeffer, and down 
the lower valley of the Conon below its junction with the Black- 
water near Tor Achilty, in Contin. 
In the valley of the Alness, for example, it is widely distributed, 
having evidently come from some centre near its head waters. Good 
specimens of it may be seen round the village of Alness, and along 
the shore between it and Invergordon, skirted by the public high- 
way. It has been carried across the Cromarty Firth, and scattered 
abundantly in large and striking masses over the whole of the Black 
Isle , from end to end. Good examples of it may be seen at its 
northern extremity round Cromarty, and along its central ridge on 
the road between that town and Fortrose, large pieces being easily 
seen on the moor near Peddieston, a few miles south of Cromarty, 
and along the road between Invergordon Ferry and the Sutors. 
It is also found extensively along the whole of the east shore of the 
Black Isle, and has been carried thence eastwards towards Buckie. 
It exists plentifully all over the Laigh of Moray, and may be well 
seen along the seashore there, especially between Burghead and 
Lossiemouth. 
The Stratherrick Liver-coloured Conglomerate I have found 
numerous additional examples of, from its source on the east shore 
of Loch Hess north of Inverfarigaig, onwards to Lossiemouth. 
There would seem, however, to be two varieties of conglomerate 
distributed throughout the Laigh of Moray — the above easily distin- 
guished rock, and another consisting of more angular components and 
entirely without the liver-coloured quartzite or porphyry. Examples 
of the latter may be seen in the old quarry of Oolitic limestone at the 
classical Linksfield, near Elgin, embedded in the boulder-clay there, 
one of the masses on the south side of the quarry being very large. 
The Douping Stone on the top of the Calif er Hill, east of Forres, 
