190 JVonders of the Causeway anticipated. 



shore, with a flowing tide, made the moment of 

 pur visit peculiarly favorable. The waves were 

 impelled into the cavern with great impetuosity; 

 and rushing forward, broke, with violence and 

 the noise of thunder, on the rock in the centre ; 

 while, from agitation and concussion, the water 

 was transformed into foam, and in that state 

 whirled in to the extremity of the cavern. 

 The sight was very imposing ; and though our 

 situation was unattended with danger, yet the 

 impetuosity with which the waves approached 

 us, and the roaring of the sur made us recoil at 

 every stroke of the sea, and precluded us from 

 remaining longer, on account of the rapid accu- 

 mulation of foam. 



The impression made on our minds by this 

 scene was calculated to inspire the most lofty 

 ideas of the promised gratifications which 

 awaited us. 



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Of the many wonderful productions of nature, 

 the Giant's Causeway has long been esteemed 

 one of the most inexplicable and astonishing 

 so nearly resembling, yet so infinitely surpassing, 

 the most stupendous and curious works of art. 



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In descending to the sea-beach, we had aiji 



opportunity of examining the different strata ; 



and in one instance discovered a thin black sub- 



