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BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
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The present outcrops of the Old Red sandstone in the British Isles are for the most part discontinuous and decidedly patchy. They fall roughly into five areas (see index map, fig. 16): (1) The Caithness-Orkney

Fig. 16. Sketch Map of British Isles Showing Distribution of the Old Red Sandstone
(After Lake and Rastall)

Islands region with a northward continuation into the Shetlands and a southward one into Sutherland and Rosshire, including the coastal strips on both sides of the Moray Firth; (2) The Forfar-