[Illustration]
This is a photograph of a piece of oak with a stone in the centre, two
inches square, found by Mr. A. Steven, sawyer, St. Mary's Isle Estate,
Kirkcudbright. The stone was situated three feet from the ground
and three inches in from the bark. Nothing could be discerned of it
from the outside.--The photo. is by Mr. A. Kello Henderson, chemist,
Kirkcudbright.