CHAP. xin. EAST SIDE OF DUNNET HEAD. 



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mouldering, and as they 

 moulder the earthy mat- 

 ter falls down; but meet- 

 ing with few ledges of 

 rock to arrest it, the 

 whole is swept away by 

 the sea. 



"Here and there, 

 as I went on, I found 

 patches of it, forming a 

 talus at the foot of the 

 cliffs, with green turf, 

 bedecked with withered 

 wild flowers. I found 

 that the sea, at high 

 tides, had cut 

 IT., small sec- 

 tions 



DUJJHET CLIFFS : EASTERN 8IDK. 



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