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of Edinburgh, Session 1879 - 79 . 
boulders occur, more particularly on the 1ST.W. sides of the hills 
and on their tops. On one hill (950 feet above the sea), presenting 
on its top a nearly level surface of about 80 yards diameter, the 
Convener counted twenty boulders, each exceeding 2 or 3 feet in 
diameter. Most of these were a coarse pebbly sandstone, the same 
in its general character as the Gairloch boulders ; whilst there were 
amongst them, just as on the Gairloch hills, a few of a reddish- 
coloured granite. These boulders, when on or near hill tops, were 
abed is a section of the part of the hill on which the boulder rests ; ab is a clifl 
about 30 feet, nearly vertical ; 5c is a shelf on which the boulder rests ; 
cd is a steep ledge of rock against which the boulder abuts at its east end. 
It there rests partly on rock, partly on small boulders. 
lying on the bare well-rounded gneiss rock , and when on the sides 
of hills, were generally on or in beds of coarse gravel. One of 
the boulders, 4x3x3 feet, lying near a hill top on the JST.W. 
side, had its longer axis pointing also N.W. On another gneiss 
hill (also west of the Hotel), and at about 310 feet above the 
sea, a sandstone boulder was found perched near the top, at its west 
side, as shown in the above section (figs. 1 and 2). 
