Chapter 26

Detached Fossils--Remains of the Pterichthys--Terminal Bones of the Coccosteus, etc., preserved--Internal Skeleton of Coccosteus--The shipwrecked Sailor in the Cave--Bishop Grahame--His Character, as drawn by Baillie--His Successor--Ruins of the Bishop's Country-house--Sub-aerial Formation of Sandstone--Formation near New Kaye--Inference from such Formation--Tour resumed--Loch of Stennis--Waters of the Loch fresh, brackish, and salt--Vegetation varied accordingly--Change produced in the Flounder by fresh water--The Standing Stones, second only to Stonehenge--Their Purpose--Their Appearance and Situation--Diameter of the Circle--What the Antiquaries say of it--Reference to it in the "Pirate"--Dr. Hibbert's Account. 476