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broad band of cirri. By four o'clock in the afternoon the upper 

 current had descended to the surface ; and a strong breeze from the 

 west, preceded by a whirlwind, immediately sprang up. Towards 

 evening this gradually subsided into a gentle air. The day was one 

 of those delightful Sabbaths to be enjoyed only in the rural districts 

 of Scotland, or the North of Ireland. The Free Church congre- 

 gation of Brodick was observing the communion services; and a 

 vast concourse of pious and most attentive worshippers was assembled 

 from all parts of the island ; one minister officiated in English in the 

 church, while another conducted the service in Gaelic from a tent 

 in the open field. Apart altogether from the solemn feelings 

 awakened by the simple and touching service, the mere picturesque 

 adjuncts of these scenes at Brodick will never fade from the memory 

 of any one who has witnessed them. 



MEMORANDA OF OTHER EXCURSIONS. 



103. 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 Craig-Dhu granite and 

 the Tormore pitchstone dikes. The druidical circles at Tormore 

 should also be visited. But all this is too much work for one day. 

 In returning to Invercloy on foot from King's Cove or Tormore, 

 the walk will be varied by striking off the main road at 

 Shiskin, and crossing right over the island in the line of Clachan 

 Glen, and descending from the high plateau above Ploverfield, either 

 by the Windmill hill or the Sheeans. To walk from Invercloy by 

 Mauchrie waterfoot and Tormore, and return by this route, is no 

 mean performance for one day. But the platform ought to be 

 gained before sunset, as twilight falls rapidly in Glen Cloy, and the 

 ground between the Sheeans and Invercloy is broken and difficult. 



THE STEIK& ROAD. After the watershed is passed granite ap- 

 paars on our left hand, and runs a long way down the glen of 

 the Mauchrie; then bands of the syenites from the plateau region 

 strike in upon the road, intermingled with the sandstone. The Glen 

 Luigh limestone will be found farther on, high on the southern hill- 

 side, by following a bridle road leading to the old quarry. It is a 

 crystalline lime without fossils, much altered by the trap veins 

 which traverse it. It is in the same position as the lime at Achab 

 farm (Art. 87), and the Fallen Rocks. 



