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Parish of Rhynie
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for 80 or 100 years. The dip of the strata is toward the North West. Numerous fossil remains have been found here, a considerable collection of which may be seen in the cabinet of the Revd. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] MacKay, Free Church Minister, Rhynie, they are chiefly huge calamites, supposed tracks of fishes swimming in shallow water etc. specimens of these have been deposited in the Geological Museum, Jermyn Street, London. In the Northmost corner of the parish, the clay slate formation prevails, and quarries of coarse roofing continued on page 4]