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of boulders described in Appendix to Committee’s First Eeport. 
Country not suited for any glacier wliich could have brought 
“ Souter’s Stone,” or any of the others. If “Souter’s Stone” 
came from westward, it must have been floated and swung 
round by eddy into its present position. All the boulders in 
Kemnay and Chapel Garioch rounded and smooth on north 
and west ends, and rough at opposite ends. (Sketch of Souter’s 
Stone, Plate No. II.) 
Argyle. 
Ardchattan . — Granite boulder, 14J x 12 J x 5J feet, partially rounded. 
One rut on top running whole length. Nearest rock of same 
kind is Ben Yreck, 3J miles to eastward. Height above sea, 
57 feet. Within 70 yards of boulder, a ridge of sand and 
gravel. Length, 1|- miles. Height of ridge varies from 50 to 
100 feet. (Captain White, B.E.) 
Ayr. 
Ardrossan . — Near Hunterston on shore, boulder 5|-xllx6 feet 
and 26 J feet round, apparently grey compact granite, about 
12 miles from Arran, and opposite to Great Cumbrae Island, 
1\ miles distant. (Robert Hunter, Hunterston.) 
Berwickshire. 
Berwick-on Tweed . — Castle Terrace. Boulder clay cut through for 
water pipes, and many boulders found, all more or less rounded, 
and composed of very hard rocks, — such as granites, gneiss, 
limestone, . blue whinstone, greywacke, &c. The granites 
showed two varieties, — the common small-grained grey and 
red. (Observed by Convener.) 
Burnmouth . — Near the railway station, among gravel, over grey- 
wacke rocks, a well-rounded lump of pinkish granite found by 
Convener. 
This variety recognised by him as very similar to that used 
for a handsome chimney-piece in British Linen Company’s 
Office, Edinburgh. Having ascertained that this chimney- 
piece supplied by Macdonald of Aberdeen, Convener sent to 
him a chip of boulder, that he might mention in what parts 
