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of Edinburgh , Session 1877-78. 
He has also put a X at the head of three several glens to indicate 
that at these places, and at a height of 750 feet, there are gravel heaps. 
Some quotations may he made from Captain Burke’s letter, dated 
25th August 1876 : — 
“ I was up Glenelg yesterday. There is evidence of the sea having 
stood at more than one height, considerably above its present level. 
“ The only terrace of any consequence is in Glen Rossdale. It is 
about 300 yards in length. It has nothing in the least resembling 
Glen Boy. 
“ I will now answer your questions : — 
1. — Height above the sea — 
(1) Principal terrace, about 750 feet. 
(2) Another, very doubtful, . . 520 ,, 
(3) Some rather more apparent, . 330 ,, 
“ This terrace, at the head of Glen Beg, affords strong evidence of a 
beach, such as now exists in all sea lochs hereabouts. Beds of 
gravel at 330 feet are cut through by the stream running through 
the valley. 
“ On crossing the high neck, 450 feet above the sea, and 
descending into Glenmore, similar beds were found at the head of 
that valley, at the same altitude. 
“ The spot marked in my sketch mu at 530 feet is very doubtful. 
“The 750 feet terrace is visible in patches in Glenbeg and Glen 
Bossdale. I tried to trace it down Glenmore, for I have no doubt 
the land between these glens was once an island. But, although I 
fancied I found a mound sometimes, it can’t be traced. 
“ The longest vestige of a terrace which I saw, is in Glen Bossdale, 
viz., about 300 yards ; for the rest, there is only a mound here and 
there on the hill side. 
“ As to the width of the terraces, the greatest I saw is about 30 
yards. 
“ You ask how high up these hills is sand and gravel found ? I 
saw appearance of gravel at over 1200 feet. There are gravel heaps 
at 750 feet at the heads of the valleys marked X, at the spots one 
would expect to find them, and also at ®, apparently washed when 
the country was under water, and since cut through by the streams 
in the valleys. In fact, all the appearance is as if these valleys 
