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V, An Account of the Giants Caufeway in 
Ireland, in a Letter to the Prebdent from 
the Rev. Richard Pococke, LL.D . Arch- 
deacon of Dublin, and R.R.S, 
* 
Dublin , 5 Jan. 1747-8. 
Read Jan. 28. "jfN m y i a ft- p a ffage over to this King- 
747 ’ JL dom, I faw that very remarkable 
Curiofity, commonly called the Giants Caufeway :§ 
The Sea- Cliffs are very high thereabouts, and what 
is called the Caufeway is a low Head, extending 
from the Foot of the Cliffs into the Sea like a Mole. 
This Head docs not appear at firft fo grand as it is 
reprefented in the Views engraved of it 5 but when 
one comes to walk upon it, and confider it more 
attentively, it appears to be a ftupendous Produ&ion 
of Nature. The Head ends in two Points : I mea- 
fured the more Weftern to the Diftance of 360 
Feet from the Cliff, and it appeared to me to ex- 
tend about 60 Feet further $ but this Pait I could 
not meafure, by reafon that the Sea was then high; 
and 1 was told, that at low Tides it might be feen 
about 60 Feet yet further upon a Defcent loling, it- 
felf in the Sea. I alfo meafur’d the more Eaffern 
Point 540 Feet from the Cliff, and faw about as 
much more of it as of the other, when it winds 
about to the Eaftward, and is all'o loft in the Water. 
One may walk upon this Head on the Tops of the 
Pillars to the Edge of the Water. Thefe Piilars 
a r e of all angular Shapes from three Sides to eight. 
The Eaffern Point, towards that End where it joins 
the Rocks, terminates it felf for fome Way in a 
perpendicular 
§ This Caufeway is before taken notice ofip N°. 199, 212, 235, 
and 241 of th zte Tranfaftiotis. 
