of Edinburgh, Session 1883—84. 
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Banffshiei). 
Banff. — Between Banff and Peterliead, beds of glacial clay, 
similar to that of Caithness, aiid probably drifted from thence 
{First Report, p. 29). 
Near Peterhead, many boulders of granite and trapj one of these 
of a greenish colour, not known in situ in AherdeeD shire, hut occurs 
in Caithness (Jamieson, Lond. Geol. Soc. Jour., xxii. p, 272)^ 
Boyndie. — Hypersthene boulders found along shore for some miles. 
Supposed to have come from rocks to S.E. {First Report, p. 29). 
Fordyce. — A line of boulders through several parishes in a S. and 
N. direction. They are a blue whiustone. In Ordiquhill parish, so 
close as to touch. Height above sea 500 feet {First Report, p. 29). 
Beewiceshirbj 
Berwiclc. — On Castle Terrace, boulder clay excavated for water 
pipes. Many boulders found in clay bed, of granite, gneiss, lime- 
stone, blue whinstone, greywacke, &c., all rounded. The granites 
showed two varieties, grey and red. Nearest granite hill is Cock- 
burn Law, about 30 miles to N.W.j — -nearest blue whinstone in rock, 
is about 25 miles to west {Second Report, p. 149). 
Berwick. — About half a mile to north of the town, four boulders 
pointed out to Convener by Captain Norman, RN., on side of a road 
leading to Halidon Hill, The boulders are each ftom half a ton to 
a ton in weight. Two are of fine grained granite, — one grey in 
colour, the other with a shade of pink. 
The other two boulders are a dark porphyry; — the nearest 
locality for which is Lambertoh Hill, situated about 2 miles to N. 
and N.N.W. {Seventh Report, p. 13). 
Burnmouth. — Near railway station, in a gravel bed over greywacke 
rocks, a well rounded block of pinkish granite found by Convener. 
He sent a chip to Mr Macdonald, granite worker, Aberdeen, He 
answered that it was a rare variety of granite, He knew of its 
existence in situ, only at Kincardine O’Neil (Deeside) and about 
Ballatar and Braemar, in the form of boulders, and as a rock in the 
Island of Uist (Hebrides) {Second Report, p,- 149), 
Coldstream. — A block of white chert limestone, about 4 feet 
square, very irregular in shape, found in a gravel bed at the Hirsel 
(the Earl of Home’s). 
