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EXCURSIONS IN AEEAN. 



EXCURSION I. 



TO THE SUMMIT OF CIOR-MHOR. 



23. THIS shall be our first excursion. It will reveal to us 

 tlie structure of the granite nucleus, and the relations of the 

 mountain groups. It will shew us the basset edges of all the 

 strata as we pass in succession across them to the central 

 granite. We shall see some curious dikes, explore a lonely 

 corrie, climb a high pass, and thread a difficult pathway by 

 the edges of the highest cols. The morning clouds have 

 melted from the peaks; there is neither bank of mist nor 



cirrcms haze to veil the far-off horizon ; the day will be calm 

 and bright, and the view from the summit glorious. Cior- 

 Mhor (Kior-Yawr) is that far-off peak, with sharp point and 

 rugged shoulders, rising behind the plateau on the south- 

 west of Goatfell. We shall reach it by a walk longer and 



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