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Proceedings of the Pioyal Society 
In two cases the reporters, who seem to have visited Switzer¬ 
land, whilst mentioning kaims in their parishes, express an opinion 
that they are evidently lateral and terminal moraines. 
In several cases, oddly enough, these kaims exist at much the 
same level above the sea, viz., between 700 and 800 feet, which 
happens also to be the height of similar deposits in Berwickshire 
and Mid-Lothian. 
The committee wish it to be understood, that in the present 
report, they confine themselves simply to a statement of the 
information received. They do not think it would be wise as 
yet to attempt to draw theoretical conclusions. Almost every 
day they are receiving more answers to their circulars; and 
they think that the wider the basis for considering the important 
geological questions connected with the transport of boulders and 
the formation of kaims, there will be the more probability of reach¬ 
ing the truth. 
One object which the committee have in view in explaining the 
nature of the information communicated to them, is to show and 
to acknowledge the deep debt of gratitude which this society lies 
under to the gentlemen who have responded to the circulars of 
the committee. 
But whilst the information supplied is undoubtedly valuable, the 
committee cannot but feel the truth of what many of the reporters 
themselves modestly and properly state, that they are so little 
acquainted with geology or mineralogy, that the}^ may not have 
correctly understood the queries, or they may not have made their 
observations in the way necessary to answer the queries. Moreover, 
the committee itself may not in all cases have rightly understood 
the answers given. 
Having regard to these considerations, the committee would 
very much desire that the boulders reported should be ex¬ 
amined by experienced geologists, who should at the same 
time make a survey of the district, in order to see whether it 
presents any special features bearing on the nature of the agency 
by which the boulders were transported. The information in the 
reports received by the committee would greatly facilitate such an 
inspection, as they indicate not only the parish and the farm where 
