128 GETTING DOWN THE CRAGS. CHAP. x. 



east or west. So that one might almost prophesy death 

 and ruin to Holhorn Head. In that case, the tide must 

 rise considerably higher in Thurso, for the Head has a 

 great effect in turning aside the flood, and throwing it 

 back into the open firth. 



" Fearful as the crags seem, there is a possibility of 

 getting down at one particular spot. I have been down 

 there. I intend to go down again. I should be enrap- 

 tured to find a fish head in such a place, or even a piece 

 of jaw." 



