fo rm in g an am p le p e d im e n t ; fem e o f th e fe a b o v e 6 0 fe e t
f r om th e b a fe to th e p o in t , fo rm e d b y th e d o p in g o f
hill o n e a c h f id e , a lm o i l in to th e ih a p e o f th o fe u fe d in a r c h i -
C om p a r e d to th is w h a t a re th e c a th e d ra ls o r th e p a la c e s b u i l t
m en ! m e r e m o d e ls o r p la y t h in g s , im ita t io n s as d im in u t iv e as
w o rk s w i l l a lw a y s b e w h e n c om p a r e d t o th o fe o f n a tu r e ,
ere is n ow th e b o a i t o f th e a r c h i t e d l ! r e g u la r i t y th e o n ly p a r t
■fhich he fa n c ie d •h im fe lf to e x c e e d h is m ift r e f s , N a tu r e , is h e re
H i d in h e r p o ffe ffio n , an d h e re i t has b e en fo r a g e s u n d e fc r ib e d * .
B ito t th is th e f c h o o l w h e re th e a r t w a s o r ig in a lly f tu d ie d , an d
has b e e n ad d ed to th is -by th e w h o le G recia n fc h o o l ? a c a -
pitai to o rn am e n t th e c o lum n o f n a tu r e , o f w h ic h th e y c o u ld e x -
H e o n ly a m o d e l ; an d fo r th a t v e r y c a p i ta l th e y w e r e o b l ig e d
to | buih o f A ca n th u s : h o w am p ly d o e s n a tu r e r e p a y th o fe w h o
ftiiy .h e r w o n d e r fu l w o r k s !
■ W ith o u r m in d s f u l l o f fu c h r e ffe ft io n s w e -p ro c e e d e d a lo n g th e \
H e , tr e a d in g u p o n an o th e r G ia n t's C a u few ay, e v e r y f to n e b e in g .
reailarly fo rm e d in to a c e r ta in n um b e r o f fid e s an d a n g le s , ’ t i l l
H Ihorc t im e w e a r r iv e d a t th e m o u th o f a c a v e , th e m o i l m a g -
H e n t , .1 f u p p o f e , t h a t has. e v e r b e en d e f c r ib e d b y tr a v e lle r ?
■ T h e m in d ca n h a rd ly fo rm a n id e a m o r e m a g n i f f ' “ f d . . fu c h
t i ja c e , fu p p o r t e d o n e a c h fid e b y ra n g e s o f c o in ■ i.s ; an d r o o fe d
is taken notice o f by Buchanan, but in the flighted manner; and among
HHhoufands who have navigated thefe feas, none have paid the left attention to its
grwd and (hiking chara&eriftic, till this prefent year.
^Biis iiland is the property of Mr, Lauchlan Mac-^uaire, of Ulva, and is now to
g y fpofed-ofa.
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C ave of F ik g a l .