XXX.—The Dolerite Isles of the North Minch
North of Skye the waters of the Minch conceal Tertiary igneous rocks, probably of great interest, the nature of which may be surmised only from the study of a few small skerries or islands projecting above sea-level. The group of the Shiant Isles is the best known and most interesting of these, and has been described elsewhere; but the more southerly islets, which form the subject of the present communication, are not without importance in themselves, besides forming a useful geological connecting link between the Shiants and Trotternish. As shown in the sketch map (fig. 1), they comprise the little archipelago a league off the Trotternish coast, which will be referred to as the Fladda group; the island of Trodday, two miles north-east of Rudha Hunish in Skye, and three small rocks or skerries lying close to the track of the Harris mail steamer.