On reindeer and other mammalian remains from the Pentland Hills

The Green Craig, where the fissure occurs in which these remains were found, lies on the north-west flank of the Pentland Hills, near the north-east end of the range, and about 1000 yards south of Dreghorn Castle. The craig stands at an elevation of a 1000 feet above the level of the sea, and is formed by an irregular range of rocks between two and three hundred yards in extent, facing north and north-west. The ground from the base of the craig slopes downwards at an angle of about 30° to the depth of nearly 200 feet. The angle of the slope is just what the weathered fragments of rock falling from the craig will rest on the hillside without rolling to the bottom, consequently the craig is not easily accessible from the front. To remedy this difficulty, Mr Macfie got a number of footpaths cut in a zigzag direction up the face of the slope and round the base of the craigs, placing seats here and there in convenient places, where the visitor can rest and view the splendid scenery which this hill commands. The face of the craig is not continuous, but is rather a number of craigs, separated here and there by grassy slopes running from bottom to top; and it was in making a path up one of these, whereby access could be got to the top of the craig, that the fissure was exposed wherein Mr Macfie discovered these remains. The north-east end of the