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EXCURSION XVI. 



TO DRUMADOOX AXD KING'S COVE. 



92. To King's Cove is a favourite excursion, and deservedly 

 so, for the scenery there and about Drumadoon is extremely 

 beautiful. With this may be combined a visit to the new- 

 granite tract of Craig-Dhu, the wonderful assemblage of 

 pitchstone veins, and splendid group of stone circles, at Tor- 

 more. In Arran as in Switzerland, the success of a day's 

 work depends upon an early start. But we must be sure of 

 the day; let it be calm and sunny, if the scenery on the 

 charming Drumadoon shore is to be enjoyed to the full. 

 Leaving Invercloy, we turn to the left, pass Brodick Church, 

 and begin the long ascent of the String road. On the right 

 we look down into the " Sleepy Hollow" of Glen Shirag, and 

 note with surprise what work of excavation the little streams 

 have done at their last joyous leap into its depths. On our 

 left the ground swells rapidly up from Brodick wood, and 

 culminates in the high porphyry ridge of Windmill HilL 

 From behind the smooth ridge of Old Red in the foreground, 

 the granite peaks and crests rise up in succession as we ascend, 

 and appear in new and grand aspects. As we breast the 

 slope, we turn often to gaze in wonder and delight on the 

 lovely scene we have left behind the smiling plain of 

 Brodick, the glassy bay, and hanging woods. At the summit 

 we are five miles on our way, and have climbed 600 feet ; 

 before us is a fine vista, shut in by two long ridges, and 

 closed by Kilbrannan Sound and the hills of Cantire. 



After the watershed is passed, granite appears on the left 

 hand the north-west limits of the Ploverfield district and 

 runs a long way down the side of the hill ; then bands of 



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