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On some huge iceberg side 
Prom thy first home did glide, 
A wanderer on the tide, 
To this shore ? 
Many eyes with wonder, 
Ages gone, 
Looked on thee ! What number 
Yet unknown, 
Will gaze with curious eye, 
Seeking to know thy history, 
And solve a hidden mystery, 
Old grey stone.” 
Besides the boulder which inspired these verses, there are two 
others, also on Mr Alexander's property — one of them, as Mr Weir 
states, “ even larger than the big stone at Brigurd, at Hunter- 
ston.” This larger one it was proposed to split up for building 
purposes at Ardrossan ; but Mr Alexander interfered, and saved 
it. There are many other boulders along the Ayrshire sea-coast, 
but none so large as the Boydstone boulder. A chip of one of these 
sent, shows that it is of gneiss, indicating a northern origin. 
12. A report has been received of a gneiss boulder near Dun- 
blane, on the property of Cromlix, belonging to the Hon. Captain 
Drummond. The length of the boulder is stated to be 17J feet, 
its breadth (on an average) 10, its height about 5 feet. Its 
longer axis lies in a direction south-west and north-east. At its 
south end it dips into the ground at an angle of 45°. Its weight 
above ground is estimated at 34 tons. Its height above the sea is 
about 450 feet. It is about four miles south from the G-rampians. 
The same, reporter (Henry Wilkie, Ashfield Works, Dunblane) 
refers to a group of four boulders in the parish of Bedgorton, at the 
west end of a gravel ridge on the farm of Bertha, the property of 
Murray Graham, Esq. of Murrayshall. Three of these Bedgorton 
boulders are within an area of 30 yards. They are angular; flat 
on the top, and some of them square. They seem to be Silurian 
rocks. They are distant about twelve miles from the Grampians. 
13. Notice has been received by. the Convener from Mr Bobert- 
son, C.E., who is in charge of the Albert New Docks at Leith, 
that boulder clay was found in excavating for the docks beneath 
the shore line, to the depth of about 70 feet. The clay was full of 
