16 Dr. Mac Culloch*s Sketch of the 



harbour of that place. Resuming thence its northern direction it 

 continues to rise gradually for twelve or fifteen miles, and declines 

 as gradually to the northern extremity of the island at Ruhunish, 

 This ridge shows a gentle declivity to the west while to the east 

 it frequently presents a rocky and broken escarpement. As far as 

 its elevation can be estimated by the aspect of the view from its 

 summit, and by comparing it with other known elevations when 

 seen from the sea, it seems to reach at least the height of fifteen 

 hundred feet. It may even be more considerable, since the gra- 

 dual ascent of the land around it tends to make it appear lower 

 than it really is. 



As the abrupt face of this ridge is directed eastward, it thus 

 forms a second and interior range of cliffs which in many places 

 rises to a considerable height. The most remarkable of these is 

 to be seen at the Storr, from whence it extends for some space 

 northwards. The precipices which form the eastern face of the 

 Storr offer scenes to the lover of the picturesque not exceeded 

 either in singularity or grandeur by any thing which is to be seen 

 in Scotland, and almost as little known to the natives as to casual 

 travellers. In the progress of decomposition vast fragments have 

 been detached from the body of the hill, and continue insulated on 

 its slope, resembling at a little distance the remains of ancient castles 

 and the spires of ruined cathedrals. One remarkable conical rock 

 attains a height of about an hundred and fifty feet, its base not ex- 

 ceeding twenty in diameter, forming a sea mark as conspicuous to 

 the vessels which frequent this coast, as it is striking in a pictu- 

 resque view. 



The mineralogist, no less than the admirer of fine nature, will be 

 gratified by the examination of the Storr. It consists of an amyg- 

 daloidal rock, containing abundaat specimens of the zeolite family. 



