FAIR ISLE AND FOULA. 



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for a second or two. This opportunity we availed our- 

 selves of to the extent of frightening a few of them. 



We got near enough the island to see its physical features 

 distinctly. The extreme north end rises sheer up from the 

 sea like a wall, and on the top the grass grows to the very 

 edge of the precipice. We see numberless incipient caves, 



THE COAST. 



and the process of cave-making is made very plain, layer 

 after layer being washed off by the upward action of the 

 water, each layer as it peels off making the arch higher. 



The stacks and rocks have the most fantastic shapes. 

 ^n* is surmounted by a lump exactly like a lion couchant 



