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dipping toward W.N.W. at angle of 10° or 12°. The longer axis 
of the boulders was mostly in the same direction. 
8. About two miles east of “ Garry-na-hine,” a quarry on the road 
side at a height of about 160 feet above the sea had been opened 
for road materials. A tough strong clay covers the gneiss rocks 
here ; and above the clay there are beds of gravel and sand, all 
evidently sea deposits. 
9 The Convener visited the rocking stone on a hill 358 feet 
above the sea near Tolsta, about 12 miles to the H.E. of Storno- 
way. Eesting on the gneiss rock, at a part of its base near the 
centre, it can be moved a few inches up and down by the hand only. 
It is about 18 feet long, 5 feet high, and 4 feet wide. Its longer 
axis points H.H.W. There is an opening among the hills in that 
direction, through which it might have been floated to its site ; 
whilst towards the S.E. the hills reach to a greater height, and would 
prevent the boulder coming from that quarter. The boulder is 
extremely angular, and has undergone no rolling or pushing. 
10. About five miles to the 17. E. of Stornoway there are three 
hills called the Barvas Hills, each from 800 to 900 feet high. 
The Convener examined the two eastmost hills, and found as 
follows : — 
Both hills on the N. and especially the JST.W. sides, present 
precipitous cliffs, and surfaces well rounded and smoothed ; but no 
striae were seen. 
On the W. and S.W. sides of the middle hill, there are also a 
few smoothed rocks. 
There are boulders on both hills on all sides, and up to nearly 
the top, but they are in greatest numbers on the ET.W. sides. 
On the middle hill, very near the top on its H.W. side, one of 
the smoothed rocks is traversed by a thick vein of quartz. The 
quartz also presented a smoothed surface. A specimen of it was 
brought away. 
There was one boulder (6x5x4 feet) lying on a side of the 
middle hill facing K by E. It might have come from the N.W., 
as in that direction there was no obstruction. Erom N.E., E., 
S.E., or S., it is difficult to suppose it could have come, on 
account of the interposition of the eastmost hill. 
On the eastmost hill, at a height of 700 feet on the north side, 
