One of these boulders was five feet in circumference

TCD MS 10515 folio 106 verso

TCD MS 10515 folio 106 verso

One of these boulders was some five feet in circumference, much too heavy to lift. The second was a *1 rounded block of limestone which I thought would weigh about 150 lbs. The third was a much smaller pebble but two lbs in weight.*3 No power but that of a washing mountain torrent or the dashing of waves on a sea beach could mould a rock into a round boulder five feet in circumference. I think we must look to the sea shore to seek the origin of these stones and the reason why they now lie stranded far out in the desert over a hundred miles*4 from the nearest coast.
For mingled with the boulders there is other evidence of the sea. Shells lie scattered in profusion amidst the pottery. Most of these are the com-

*1. Spec. No. 18. *3 Many smaller boulders. See collection. Identity. Cf. with existing cliffs
*2. Spec. No. 19. *4 150 miles.