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greatforce, some- 

 times a quarter of a 

 mile or more* and at the" 

 far end, they d^ive up into 

 the open air, blowing like a whale. 

 These hollows under the rocks are 

 called goes or gyoes. They are common x ^ 

 all round Caithness. One of them is 

 near Wick, at the castle of Al - Wick. 

 Eobert Dick describes another near Thurso, 

 which will be found referred to in a future part 



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From the northern part of Caithness, where the 

 ground is comparatively flat inland, and full of lochs 

 from Thurso to Wick, the land gradually ascends, 

 until we find hills and then mountains close upon 

 the borders of Sutherland. Morven, Maiden Pap, 



