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dance on this spot, though it is said to be rare on our 

 shores generally. 



From this point onwards to the Nothe, the cliff is 

 more and more precipitous, and the shore encumbered 

 with immense blocks that have fallen from above, and 

 lie confusedly heaped upon each other. The under 

 sm'faces of these angular masses occasionally yield 

 fine specimens of some of the more delicate Algce, 

 but, generally speaking, the result scarcely repays the 

 labour and difficulty of their examination. 



