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with the stone. Shortly afterwards this inscription was put on 
the stone, — “ The Baron's Stone of Killochan.” * 
It is a boulder of blue whin stone, on which stands the market 
cross of Inverness. For some reason or other, it is preserved as 
the Palladium of the town, ever since the battle of Harlaw in the 
year 1411. It is called “ Clack na cudden f or “ Stone of the tubs,” 
from the circumstance that the people carrying water from the 
river used long ago to rest their tubs on it. It was till lately in 
the middle of the street ; but Having ceased to be of use, when 
water was brought into the town by pipes, it was removed to the 
side of the street opposite to the town hall, with the old cross of 
the town and the Scottish arms resting on it. “ Clack na cudden 
hoys,” is a nom de guerre for Invernessians ; and “ All our friends 
round clack na cudden f is a toast given in many a distant land. 
In the parish of Rattray, there is a remarkable boulder of mica- 
ceous schist, weighing about 25 tons, of which some account was 
given a short time ago in this Society. It bears a number of 
artificial markings of a very ancient date. The tenant of the farm 
on which it is situated proposed to blow it up. Some of the in- 
habitants having heard of this, went to the minister of the parish, 
and begged him to take steps to save the old stone of Grlenballoch. 
The proprietor being on the Continent, the rev. gentleman ap- 
plied to the factor, and through his good offices saved the stone. 
This gentleman being still under anxiety about it, lately requested 
this committee to communicate with the proprietor, Colonel Clark 
Rattray, with the view of obtaining from him a promise that the 
stone should be preserved. Colonel Clark Rattray was accordingly 
written to by the convener of the committee, and he at once ac- 
ceeded to the request. 
There is on the shore at Prestonpans, on the south side of the 
Firth of Forth, a large basaltic boulder, which has long been 
known under the name of “ Johnny Moat.” The Convener wish- 
ing to see this boulder, he went out from Edinburgh a few weeks 
ago by rail to Tranent Station, and walked towards the shore in 
search of it. Between the railway station and Prestonpans he met 
a boy, whom he stopped, and telling him that he had come to see 
* An account of this boulder was published in Macmillan’s Magazine for 
March 1868, by Professor Geikie. 
