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the skrew, no very easy task, and the dry 

 weather contributed to make the undertaking 

 more difficult ; as, in many parts, it was so 

 slippery, I felt much indebted to the assistance 

 of our guides. We at length gained the summit, 

 and found that we had a mile to Flasket. 



The columnar strata are to be traced a great 

 way into the interior of the country. The most 

 magnificent specimen is said to be at Fair- 

 head, where they are represented as thirty-six 

 feet in circumference, and two hundred feet in 

 height. 



The w r orks of nature produce nothing, I 

 believe, equal, or to be even compared, with 

 the magic power of vision, baffling all descrip- 

 tion at Flasket, which is of a perfectly different 

 character to the Giant's Causeway ; the interest 

 occasioned by which is greatly promoted by 

 reflection. The sight here confounds, and 

 leaves the mind unable to comprehend what it 

 has in its contemplation ; I was some time be- 

 fore my astonishment permitted the formation 

 of any distinct notion of what presented itself 

 for my consideration. After contemplating this 

 stupendous mass for some time, I likened it to 

 a huge colossal temple ; but the more I dwelt 

 upon its extraordinary appearance, the stronger 



