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a change of position occasioned by the partial 

 wasting of the rocks, or by some irregularity in 

 the original ground, on which the strata have 

 been deposited. 



BEN-MORE. 



The hills which accompany the course of the 

 Dochart, have a noble and striking appearance. 

 But amongst the objects which crowd on the eye 

 of the mineralogist, the attention is instantly ar- 

 rested by the vast and lofty Ben-more ; which far 

 overtops the whole of its neighbours, and presents 

 indeed, an extraordinary aspect of magnificence. 

 Ben- More, which signifies the great hill, con- 

 sists properly of two parts, a greater and a smaller, 

 both of which are of an irregular pyramidal form. 

 The two summits, which are nearly of equal 

 height, can hardly be estimated at much less than 

 4000 feet from the level of the sea ; and the lowest 

 point of the hollow betwixt them, seems to be 

 more than ioco feet beneath the summit. 



These mountains are composed of Mica-slate in 

 different varieties, having the direction and incli- 

 nation so often noticed. From some appearances 

 of an inaccessible rock, I was led to 'suppose it a 

 nucleus of gneiss, passing directly through the 

 centre of the smaller mountain, and intermediate 

 hollow, into the mass of the great Ben-more, 

 which lies in the direction of north-east. Ac- 



