DOMAIN I. 



seem chiefly to present copper. The basaltic 

 columns of Germany, as is well known, are 

 chiefly situated on the tops of hills ; and, from 

 Landt's recent interesting description of the Fa- 

 roe isles, it appears that this phenomenon is 

 there equally common. A magnificent example 

 occurs in the isle of Osteroe. 



" To the north of the village of Zellatrae there 

 B Faroe f ls a Dasa M c hill, which extends more than a 

 mile northwards: properly speaking, it forms 

 the bottom of two hills, which lie behind it, 

 namely Halgafieldstinden and Rodefieldstinden, 

 which are of considerable height, and about two 

 miles distant from each other. The basaltic hill 

 itself is about four hundred and twenty feet high, 

 and consists of strata of pentagonal and octa- 

 gonal basaltic columns, placed close to each 

 other in a perpendicular direction, and in such 

 a manner that the tops only of the farther co- 

 lumns are seen, while those in front exhibit their 

 whole form, but appear to be different in length. 

 These columns, which rest on a foundation of 

 trap about three hundred feet in height, are the 

 largest of the kind in the Faroe islands; for where 

 the rock has been freed from mould, these co- 

 lossal pillars may be seen with their lower ends 

 standing on another species of stone, and rising 

 to the height of above a hundred feet, all equal 



