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Excerpt from The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. 14: By the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Under the Superintendence of a Committee of the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy; Inverness-Ross Anad Cromarty As already noticed, this secondary formation consists chiefly of sandstones and limestones, which are probably of several different geological eras. Thus a ridge of coarse conglomerate is usu ally found ou its inner margin next the primitive masses, from which undulating ridges and plains of softer rock extend towards the sea. But on the coast, and in the centre of the deposit, other masses of conglomerate sometimes appear; and between them and the interior conglomerates, layers of a dark and soft argillaceous schist, abounding with bituminous matter, and occasionally with scales and impressions of extinct fishes, also interpose in some places. The latter, in general, lie on soft red sandstone. Hence the question arises, are both the conglomerate ridges of the same era, and the argillaceous schists of the same formation with the sandstones; or are the former here the substitutes of the true coal deposits, and the latter of the old red sandstone of Werner? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.