34 Dr. Berger on the Isle of Man. 



latter having Snel-feldt almost in the centre, comprehends the 

 highest ground and the mountains of North Bor-roilva, Gob-y- 

 Scioot, little and big Snei-feldt, Bein-y-phot, Kanaghyn and North- 

 Greebah. 



A boggy and elevated table-land lies on both sides of the central 

 line of mountains, separating it from the two exterior ones. The 

 summits of the extensive mountains do not all of them greatly sur- 

 pass the elevation of the intervening table-land itself. 



In the southern district of the group, the two exterior and skirting 

 lines of mountains do not exist, but the eastern side of the moun- 

 tains is rather scooped out and smoothed into a gentle and gradual 

 declivity ; whereas the western side constitutes a range of cliffs 

 abrupt in most of its extent. 



The steepness of the exterior mountains is nearly the same on 

 each side. The northern boundary of the group terminates almost 

 abruptly, and beyond the Curragh, lie the Balla-chyrrim hills, a 

 low range formed of loose sand and gravel, facing the northern 

 escarpment of the group, and then passing southwards in a parallel 

 direction between the coast and the western exterior line of moun- 

 tains. 



A little to the north of the Balla-chyrrim hills, is a shingly beach, 

 insensibly declining towards the sea, and formed of water-worn 

 pebbles and sea-sand. The latter is hardened and binds the pebbles 

 strongly together. It is the opinion of several persons in the isle, 

 that the land in this quarter is gaining sensibly upon the sea. Some 

 go so far as to say that the increase is not less than two yards in a 

 year. 



There are but few water-courses of any magnitude and extent in 

 the Isle of Man. Sulby River the largest of all, irrigates the 

 Curragh, and from the village of Sulby to Ramsey* where it 



* Roms-waay-widc or roorey bay. 



