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ftand next about them, fb that they lye clofe , and 
without any Interftices. Mote, as a wore full and fur- 
ther Anfwer to this Qjicry^ I find ly the two Joytits of this 
Stone Jent hither to Dublin, that the feveral fiJes of one 
and the fame Pillar are as in the Planes of Cryflals , 
of very unequal breadths or lengths^ call it either, when 
you meafure ther/i Horizontally ; and that in fuch oj are 
Hexagonal a hroader fde always fuhtends^ or is oppofite to 
a narrower^ which fort of Geometry Nature likewife oh- 
ferves in the formation of Cryflals, 
Q, 5. Whether the Mountain^ or hroken Cliff it felf 
fhews any Beds of thefe Pillars in fever al Claffes, or ftra- 
tum fuper flratum, the lowejl to the Sea heing all Per- 
pendicular ; and how many Beds or Orders there are to 
make up to the top of the Mountain ; or elfe whether they 
lye confufedly^ and on heaps, or ohliquely i 
Anjw. The high Bank hanging over the Caufvt'ay on 
that fide which lyes next it, and towards the Seajeems 
to be for the molt part compofed oFthe common fort of 
Craggy-Rock; only we faw a few irregular Pillars on 
the Eaft fide, and (bme farther on the North, which 
they call the Looms or Organs ^ but juft over the CauP 
way we faw as it were the tops of fome Pillars appear- 
ing out of the fides of the Hill, not ftanding, nor lyi^ig 
flat, but floping. 
Q. 6. What Beds of Earth are near them , or what 
other fort of Stones above them 
Anfw, No Beds of Earth, but al! common Rock. 
0^7. What may be fuppofed to be the number of thofe 
Pillars^ 
Anfw. We guefs they cannot be fo few as One Hun- 
dred Thoufand ; but the fhape of the Caufway is fo ir- 
regular, that it is fcarce poffible to reckon them. 
8. Whether the Superficies of the fides of the Pil- 
lars be Caniculate^ or any other ways hollow d ? 
Anfw. Not at all, but fmooth Pianes. 
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