V. The Joint Excursion of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Geological Societies to Ben Nevis and the Parallel Roads of Lochaber, in July, 1885

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Introduction.—On the 7th of May, 1885, I delivered an expository lecture before the Edinburgh Geological Society, and repeated the same on the 14th before this society, on “The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy: the Problem, its Conditions, and Solutions.”* One result of these papers was that a joint excursion of members of both societies was arranged for Lochaber, to examine the problem on the spot, under the leadership of the lecturer. The excursion took place during the last week of July, from Monday, July 27th, to Saturday the 31st. The party numbered seventeen in all, of whom six were connected with the Edinburgh Society and nine with the Glasgow Society, another being a gentleman from Dorset, and the last Mr. Colin Livingstone, head master of the Public School of Fort-William, whose knowledge of the district and of the special subject is unrivalled, and whose services were of the greatest value to the party, as duly and heartily acknowledged. The whole cost of the excursion to each man was, on an average, about £5. The weather was superb, without a single shower; the sky cloudless and the air uncommonly clear, exhibiting the glorious scenery and the various phenomena to the best advantage; the party delightfully varied, bright and genial; and the whole experiences unusually pleasant, instructive, and memorable. The time at disposal did not and could not allow of detailed investigation of the numerous and difficult points involved, scattered, as these are, over a broad mountainous district, and necessitating, as they This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract