of Edinburgh, Session 1881-82. 753 
13. Boulder of Dirrymore granite lies on the shore, a few feet 
above sea-level, to the E. of Kessock Ferry. Dirrymore lies M.W. 
by 1ST. from Inverness. Boulders of this granite are found scattered 
over the shores of the Moray Firth as far east as Buckie. This 
boulder is lying on the gravel of the shore. 
14. There are two boulders in Findhorn Bay; one of granite, 
measuring 4x3x3 feet, and the other of gneiss, measuring 5x3x3 
feet. 
15. The little burn to the west of Inches House, about 2J- miles 
S. of Inverness, is full of boulders. One interesting group of 
three may be mentioned. They lie one against the other. The 
one to the west is granite and measures 7x4x2 feet. The one in 
the middle is old red conglomerate and measures 6x3 feet. The 
one to the east is gneiss and measures 3x2 feet. They lie at a 
height of 200 feet above the sea-level. 
16. There is a fine specimen of a striated stone, fixed in boulder 
clay, in the burn below Muckovie Quarry, about 3 miles S. of Inver- 
ness. The striae when seen by me, when the stone was fixed in the 
clay on the bank of the stream, ran E. and W. It has now fallen 
from Its original position. 
17. Porphyry Boulder. — In wandering over Strathnairn and the 
district to the S.E. of Inverness, I was puzzled to know where 
the numerous specimens of porphyry could come from. While 
pursuing my investigation in the upper part of the Strath, I found 
the rock in situ between Loch Buthven and Loch Duntilchaig. I 
have also, since that time, seen the same rock in other two places in 
Strathnairn, nearer the mouth of the river. 
18. Boulders of hornblende are to be seen lying along the shore 
between Inverness and Culloden Station, as well as along the west 
shores of Loch Mess. There are two places on the west shore of 
Loch Mess, where hornblende rock is in situ. One of these, about 
two miles to the west of Loch End Inn, has been known to me for 
a number of years. The other, which is about two miles further to 
to the west, was pointed out to me by Dr. Aitken, Medical Super- 
intendent of the Inverness District Asylum, who discovered it. 
19. One of the stones in the so-called Druidical circles at Stoney- 
field, about one and a half miles E. of Inverness, is quite unlike 
anything I have seen within a radius of 20 miles of Inverness. I 
