MEMOIR OF DR. WALKER. 29 



minated by lands and islands of various shapes, 

 forming a very singular and grand horizon. 



" On one hand we had a thousand hills, the whole 

 alpine country of Argyleshire, the ancient Albion ; 

 here only our view was intercepted, and that only 

 by mountains in the distance. In another quarter, 

 we saw distinctly the whole of the Hebrides and' 

 Deucaledonian Ocean. Southwards, the vast pro- 

 montory of Cantyre lay under our eye ; and beyond 

 it, in one view, all the west of Scotland, rising to 

 the great mass of mountains in the head of Clydes- 

 dale and Nithsdale; in another view, the spiry 

 summits of Arran, and the whole Irish Sea, with its 

 shores, to the Isle of Man. From the south to the 

 west, the north of Ireland lay as a plain before us, 

 further than the eye could reach. The impetuous 

 strait between the Mull of Cantyre and the Fair 

 Head, with its lofty cliffs, was at hand; through 

 which the Irish Sea is filled every tide by the pour- 

 ing in of the Atlantic. The promontory of the 

 Giant's Causeway appeared near and distinct ; and 

 beyond it the high land of Inis-huna, the north ex- 

 tremity of Ireland ; beyond this, to the Hebrides, 

 nothing but air and ocean. 



" The emotions in the mind of the beholder, 

 arising from the grandeur of this scene, are not to 

 be excited by any description. The extent of pro- 

 spect from this mountain is indeed surprising, not 

 much under three hundred miles south and north. 

 But the curvature of the earth is here greatly over- 

 come by the elevation of the spectator and the great 



