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grand staffa cavern j 
OR, FINGAL S CAVE, 
far 
of tL description of this very extraordinaiy fea- 
as ■ ® of wonderful island . of tlie Hebrides, the 
5ny constitutes as singular and romantic a spot 
f found, has been given by Sir Joseph 
o '''iricr „ yliose more detailed account we extract tlie 
^‘■’'■'iculars. 
M '■''istam “‘'e® N.N.E. of Jona, and 
ha len T®®^ward from the shores of Mull, about one 
Pill^ ■ ^ ™ breadth, is noted for the 
i’i'^ tlie^*'* support ihe major part of the island, 
x? 3 l. one ®/S"ificent spectacle aftbrded by the Cave of 
^P'ondid works of nature. 
Seas and I contiguity of this island to Mull 
Rfh’ ^*'is ,’®,oomerous vessels which navigate these 
' and island was unknown to the world in 
Otar °f die neighbouring islanders, 
*W *‘‘a Vo when Sir Joseph, 
tf iu®'^oivfcd Iceland, in consequence of informa- 
Wr- ' I Sound ot Jona from some gentlemen 
W'°‘'ccl to sail thither. It is, indeed, slightly 
t*>ese fanie ar ''i assuredly \vas not equally 
■fi Ptirts. {' , ths lime the Norwegians had sway in 
abijyp basaltic them it derives its name of StaJili. 
hr^, . fifty fgpfP'i . '■’ stand in natural colonnades, mostly 
N 
'asis' 
of so]-^‘°d’ "t die south-western part, upon a 
feache die stra- 
biff*' 'Q Dron ”f die island, varies ... 
ilS • k Wile ''nf' distribution of the surtiice 
I at of °'at the 0,?^' , pillars are of three, four, and more 
otl'u ’tiber or those witli live and six exceeds 
V™. w.,. “ 
foiii- r ’ ot seven sides, ruetioured bv Sir 
West 3i “jolics in diameter. 
land ^ ®tafta is a small bay, the .spot wliere 
■ In tills neighbourhood occurs the first 
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