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of Edinburgh, Session 1878 - 79 . 
The hill was ascended from the south side, under the guidance of 
Mr M‘Quarrie, who is tenant of an extensive farm, on which the 
hill, or the greater part of it, is situated. 
The hill on its west side abuts on the sea cliffs. The slope of the 
hill there has on it a number of rocky knolls. 
Almost every knoll has on its N.W. side, facing the sea, boulders, 
more or less rounded. 
The following are the dimensions of some of the larger boulders : — 
(1.) 11x8x5 = 440 cubic feet, resting on the side of a knoll 
facing W.N.W. 
(2.) 9x4x5 = 180 cubic feet, resting on the side of a knoll 
facing W. by N., at height of 360 feet above the sea, which is a 
quarter of a mile distant, and open between S. and N.N.W. This 
boulder is a coarse granite ; — the knoll is gneiss. 
(3.) 8 x 7 x 5 = 280 cubic feet, resting on the side of a knoll 
facing H.W. by N., at height of 365 feet above the sea. Sea 
is quarter of a mile distant, and access from it is open at any point 
between S.W. and due north. 
(4.) Two clusters of large boulders were met with, the uppermost 
so placed as to show that it must have come from the westward. 
The sea is within half a mile to the westward. 
On this Heynish hill, the boulders are more numerous on the sides 
facing the W. and 1ST.W. than on any other side. On the slopes 
facing the E. and S.E. there are also boulders, but in numbers not 
nearly so great. 
2. After examining Heynish hill, the Convener passed through 
the island about due north along what is called the Big Cornaig 
Road. To the eastward of this road there are several rocky knolls, 
the tops of which are from 80 to 110 feet above the sea. Most of 
them present bare rock on their west sides, and have boulders also 
on these sides. One of these knolls was ascended, called “ Drum- 
buim ” (meaning yellow rock), for the examination of a boulder ob- 
served to be very near its top. Its dimensions were 10x6x6 = 360 
cubic feet. It consisted of a light coloured gneiss ; — the rock of the 
knoll is also gneiss, but dark coloured. 
Another rocky knoll, about a mile to the N.E. of the last, was 
visited to see some boulders, nicknamed, in Gaelic, “ The Giant’s 
Pebbles.” The legend, as related by a native resident near the 
