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to k, as to have only a very fmall fpace
between them, which is frequenly filled
up with a cryitallized incruftation. In
moil places the pillars are perpendicular
; in others they are a little inclined;
and yet in others they have the configuration
of the timber-work in the
infide of a fliip. The higheil pillar
was 55 feet one inch long ; and each
joint, from one to two feet. There
is a cavern here which coniiils entirely
o f thefe pillars ; it is 367 feet
long, 53,7 broad, and 117,6 high. It
is three fathoms o f water deep, fo that
it is eafy to enter into it with a boat.
It is difficult to determine the queft
tion, how thefe pillars have been formed
; but it is more than probable, nay,
almoil certain, that they are the remains
o f an antient volcano, indif-
putable trails o f which are found in
many parts o f Scotland. You muil
not in this place apply to me the ftory
Helvetius tells of a clergyman and a
fine lady, who together obferved the
fpots in the moon, which the former
took for church fteeples, and the latter
for
For a couple of happy lovers. I know
that we frequently imagine to have
really found what -we moil think of,
or moil wifli fo r ; but I iincerely af-
fufe yon, that I do not fpeak of fuch
fires without the moil deciiiveopinions.
I will, however, referve a further account
of thefe extraordinary productions
till my return home, when 1 darter
myfelf I fiiall be able to give you,
entire fatisfailion*
B L E T