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great height above the sea, grooves aim at Rhinns of Islay 
parallel to the run of the tides. And so it is at a great many 
other places all round the coast.” 
In a letter from the same gentleman to Mr Carmichael, of 
South Uist, dated 29th March 1872, the following passages 
occur :— 
“ Glacial striae occur upon fixed rocks in Tiree, Minglay, 
Barra, South and North Uist. They correspond with a direc¬ 
tion from the N.W., or thereabouts. 
u The striae abound, and are especially fresh in the low 
levels, and opposite to hollows in hills, which would be under 
water, and traversed by tides, if those levels were now to sink 
a few hundred feet. The hills, so far as I have examined 
them, are ice-worn to the very top. Transported blocks are 
scattered all over these islands. In some places regular 
boulder-clay is left in patches. Under the clay, the rocks are 
smooth as polished marble. The boulders, so far as I have 
been able to ascertain, are of the same rock as the rock of the 
islands named. Boulders in Tiree, for example, may have 
come from Uist or Barra. They are perched upon the highest 
hill-top in Tiree. 
“ I was unable to find any sample of the rocks of Skye in 
Uist or in Tiree.” 
Inverness. 
Kilmcdlie. —Boulder, fully 2000 feet above sea, on summit of a 
hill, 12 x 10 feet. Another still larger among the mountains 
between Loch Shiel and Loch Arkaig. Also boulder drifts 
and moraines in numbers. (Reporter—Rev. Archibald Clerk, 
Kilmallie Manse.) 
Kilmallie (near Ardgour).—Quartz and mica boulders, nearly 
round, and remarkable on bare hill side. Different from 
adjacent rocks. 110 feet above sea. Same kind does not 
occur nearer than Glen fin nan, situated fifteen miles to N.W. 
by W. (Reporter—C. Livingston, parochial schoolmaster.) 
Kilmonivaig (Glengarry, N.W. of Fort William), Estate of Edward 
Ellice, M.P.—Boulder on Monerrigie Farm, near Lochgarry, 
about 16J feet long at base, and 23 feet at top, and about 9 
feet high. Round at top. Quartzite rock. No rock in situ near. 
