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Stonefield. He omitted to record the name of the hill. The 
object was to examine a boulder bearing the name of “ Cappull-na- 
Cloichef meaning “The Mare of Stone,” from its fanciful resemblance, 
in a misty day, to a mare feeding. The hill was found by aneroid 
to be 710 feet above the sea. 
The summit of the hill is shown by the following diagram, not 
drawn to an exact scale : — 
670 ft. 
The length of the crest is about 60 yards in an east and west 
direction, along the contour line of 690 feet; and about 15 yards 
between N". and S. at f The largest boulders are represented by 
the letters a to m. 
The boulder with the name above mentioned ( a in the diagram) 
stands on the very highest peak of the hill. It is composed of 
compact gneiss, whilst the rock of the hill is clay slate, with 
numerous quartz veins. The height of the boulder is 8 feet, and its 
breadth or width each way, near the lower end, is 5 feet. 
There are multitudes of boulders near the top of the hill, — chiefly 
on the S.E. side, g, h, 7q Z, m. The largest of these, Z:, is 14x9x8 
