A FINE SEA VIEW 



" It is with a feeling of enjoyment that the ardent 

 admirer of Nature contemplates the surrounding pro- 

 spect. The view is grand ! On the right is Dunnet 

 Bay, with a schooner or two in the offing, beating up 

 the Tentland Firth. Then there are the red cliffs of 

 Dunnet Head. In long perspective, adown the Pentland 

 Firth, we see the white waves chafing the island of 



Waas; and right over, in solitary state, the swelling 

 Orkney hills and the Man of Hoy close the distance. 

 Westward we look over the wide main, no land be- 

 tween us and the coast of Labrador. To the left, along 

 the land, we see Holborn Head and the bay of Thurso, 

 a complete panorama. 



" We go on, and pass fossiliferous beds, when we are 

 stopped by a deep gully worn by the waves, over which 



