UATURAI, ifle ofTrmisfallen .is* b o t p n l y - f o n ^ c . $ u t qf ;yen?rable,fa?ie for the
CvWasfe aniiaïs there written. .».,' >-r i ' , . ,
The p'etfifyiqg powetcoS'Loi^ghJneaghhfias^ne.foui)^,
mention^ irafher-,to-sfqfide' in the qfroumj acenV f i # t |«»’-!%? petpbca-
7 tions, feem'ld-.bejchie&yo&f* oak; and
ha lb een founüi.vfeottpïemfied^
Mr. Smith -the- petrification fogTOSöfo be-fiight. ij I *« e $ i a ffögM
• « u d » V'
'-, a fimikr production; the'celebrated ifland/ef StafFap remained- unnotteedl
1'tiI14s»itKin/»thefe{ thirty5 y e a r s / M i - beJthe.kfstijfeii&éd^o
■wouter that ?fee G-iantls slapie way is1 tU'-^bj^&PSsBefcoufrfpbft'rfwatipn,
and has';iefc4pedath!e‘ Ê©tie^lo.f
even-of the accurate, andv/ingenious^Ware ■ï-tthpj; jhf# aGepuptj^^at
given by Sir. R. Buckley, in ^ktter-j to liquor Tiffed ^ 9Ssk $Stia
futprizing collection of bafalftel-pillars ^%N>ut e.igh%Hiil,6s,Nv ^^ prn
The ad>ceptyppaft4sl verdant but precipitous Ha««*
from
T h e part e x p lo re d ^ about ^ ,0 9 feet in length ? 4 ie-bj©§<t^ frftm /24a
10 12-Q ; the height from x 6 to 3,6 fegtyaliqvQ the level of feeyjtrand.
I t confifts o f many thojifand/pillar^ -nvaftly-in ;a ve^ticat!fppfjtion„ £ome
o f them high ; others broken, and, for, a. cjDnfidppablpjfp^ce,5{Qf, ^n fj$,ual
h e ig h t fb~-as jto form a pavement., n T^he^ape, y ^ e ly /c om g a |tep t.c £
ge th e r; thbugh "the form be^yarious, trigonal*, p trago,na|,;1^ ^ a g e p a I ,
hexagonal,- ,and. heptagqnaj,; the, m p 4 nja,mppusr a r ^ ^ l M ° nal*
T h e pillars a r ^ ^ d ^ y . compofed p f
fift of fhort pr long joints, either plane^p^^P^ayppfff^fB^P^^SjjlZ^
convex. -The pillars arefrom to , $14, ipclj^s, luore^.i^diameter.
The adjacent lhore is,moftly the common 'crag;, but/her^, ^ f*(efF
irregular pillars on- the eaft and, towards the NpE. i ^ a t ^ ^ H ^ the
-organ, in the fide,of a h% ^onfiftingp i fifty -pillars ^-gi^jf^th^
40 'feet high, dip.-.others; gradually d k n p ^ i ï^ i f^i^ag.^Ö?8,..apj
alfo. found- a; mile, and a.,h,alf, inland, four:miles,tq. fed.vyefeof-fee
Giant’s Caufeway* %§
15 Boate p. -122ï, , v ,.; ’■’
The;-learned Dh’ Pdootke' exa'mi'rie'd"this remdtkable obje&! with-
^ ^ ^ • r e } ‘ra n ^ 5g a # < * it):5n[ fe e T'h41b f^?dal-T-ra’hrrf£fions. ■
M#.* H a milt dnl1 ha's f fecendyOnVeftrgatted fe® %Prthern ct&iHoJ?* Antrim
wifftifclefftifid- fk llla d d T oM rJ'Jpltfliciila&s--fliall' bd^'exfr-a&ed’firotn his5
3? ^m .^ dW # l.gm rfd >fedtnfes'offeis3d’oaflffM-e"t'he ’dapes'.of B'engore and-'
Fairhead, precipit6tis“pnfflio‘iife^fe^ di£hfnt'hHotIi‘$ lhii£& A Bengore Is
cBmj^fed’b f1 feyeraf fm'allJrTapes' ‘arid bUys'-1 and 'c$n&ms§4? vhfi'clt&n-
tTfy*!a f ^8lumhaSr'f)‘a^all * ^ l^M fite% a ff e a ^ l& te # ^ fg l% ^ > k WgAifi^-
d|tit-gdler$ SI cblyn'naddj 6Jo ^ithi'a^Idvv^r gallery
Thel-lq‘y v e r ^ iw s affifetrmoff* l B ^ 'iand-'e^a£|mofufhns1i
T h V ^ ’i^fflom o h yB P F a lm ^ l l ''^ f f i r s '''^ iw / ,d f j!'gflkfeTt'1le^g(:}1). anc|>
^3mdrtffSurd!: aiiffWHr f l r o n d ' fn'Tliesmofetafnm£4Dun-
ffel*,,j^et^yeerf ColWairi'e adsdJfee ^rMV’Mifh M#ll;ffifl ^flRagtt-‘
fy, twd rn?ps, ‘N?^{or; Fairnfea^d* and' 2ini'Variou^ 'ofee^lfircuthjkci^nf,
qu^rrefspal6|#f;<^^bffifty,mii^in!!lei1|f e , eby Nay"
i&pOTe'dp^^arM^es^bfffi^lSAe^kfed trkc'ecf^Vdtt;to th'd lakfe
of‘Ne‘igli,‘ feidfe%udtairis!o f‘'ilirerf'y J^HhaTtH^ lifers' Kafae operated
tbs o f %OTPtfian340-!.rdiMs ‘n^Terfgthj anS ^ I n Brlidth^tHa't.is
'Mi5.(l¥fa^ilfe^Wgfitnikv'e! a^ded^fekf'.eveh
theufland ofiStaffa--,,at the ,Aiftanpe^biir&imiIeSV’! feems;ta, form' part of
theyfkme'feries, which 'may be* parried jto' lahj'unjllnbwn extent, through
the<bctl»of the i n i e r v e n i n g i ^ ' balafrbf'fhM^i^tX-G^W^way is
o f a -very compa<3 texture,- and the aU g les-^ f'th e ^ fi^ s have-ipreferved
§ ^ ^ M | § | 'though Gxpf-dcd to the lea, for pnhaps(t\io ' or thrte
th o h fan d ^ jo a rs'7. The m rg itf h r »is-^ that|;er£of*Ate^fo
chfpu te ^betweek' f e e ^ lle a tn fe ^ ta n d i^ le p g u rii^ -; but fu^h' geoTogieal
diftmffioMs ^reTOTM^Vo^e'/h’iture 8P ¥l® k.' “ kp{S' dbftrve
tnat maMt1 com-pris-a broemre^ Ifcious^S-^ar
tner “wimHroffTCfee%&Offif‘'df'ofre ^u ^ te r^ f a ‘jl^opofSTOfh f Jfekr*^P ,;
. TCrFarpetTdffihg'ininerarwhich' may^wal bulSirlScfe?iWe*ttlal£
^ 9 , Gtant’sh ^ ii^ fw ^y ^ rb feigtifeit';- rfml ^S^^tSiWiSHne feifrli^fi-^EV’'
3&ys w pM ^ d h g o fe fed ' 33r4i ^ f e 'a;iHfe
• ' ‘,7 Kii-wan Miri.: i. 233. -- -
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