of Edinburgh, Session 1883—84. 
775 
On east side of Firth, near Gourock, immense numbers of 
blocks, on or near the shore, belonging to rocks situated to the 
N.W. in the districts about Loch Goil, Loch Eck, Loch Fjme, and 
Inveraray. — Among the rocks around Glasgowf 1881, by Dugald 
Bell, p. 152.) 
Hear Loch Glashan (400 feet above sea) smoothed and striated 
rocks, dipping down H.H.E, covered with boulders, apparently 
brought from H.E, where an opening among hills, towards Loch 
Awe {Sixth Report, p. 9) {Lithogra'ph Ho. 6, Plate VIII.). 
East Loch Tarbert, — -About 2 miles H.W. of the town, a conical 
hill, whose top is 710 feet above sea, well clustered with boulders, 
as shown on annexed woodcut. Very summit of hill has one reniark- 
BoUklers on Hill, East Tarbert, Kilityre, 
able boulder on it, 8 feet high and 5 feet each v/ay in width. The 
boulders are all gneiss, whilst rock of hill is day^^slaie. 
This hill separated from adjoining hills, which form a sort of 
amphitheatre round it, at a distance of about a mile. 
The boulder has the fanciful gaelic name of Gopel Cloiche, mean- 
ing Stone Mare. 
Between the above-mentioned hill and the village of Tarbert, on 
south side of road, there is a lower hill, also conical, having two 
large boulders on its H.W, slope. Convener did not reach them 
to examine them. 
On hills adjoining East Tarbert village on the south, at from 280 
to 300 feet above sea, there are marks of some violent agent having 
