'^iivg . the giant's causeway. 189 
JVij ; and the spectator must look very narrowly 
Qt s' of a different coiistmction, having three, 
irV nr extraordinary, and parti- 
*3H(1 1 is, that there are not two columns in ten 
Ur ° found, which either have their sides equiu 
jji'e or display a like figure. _ 
j)f°®'dion of these columns, or })illars, i.s not less 
i.f '‘f On ^hention of the curious observer. They are 
stone in an upright position, but composed 
I, , W * lengths, nicely joined, not with tiat ,snr- 
k; Jc th^^'^ulated into each other like a ball and socket 
H? Of fi,] in the vertebrre of some ot the largei 
jrli t[ “ b Ihe one end at the joint having a cavity, inW 
C.’^fot end of the opposite is exactly fitted. 
(ifV' of j, '"'^Ihle unless on disjoining the two stones. The 
VjSri, ‘!® concavity or convexity is generally about three 
r ‘'y ana It is still farther remarkabte,_ that the c«m- 
l>tt '^ttrrespondent concavity of the joint, arc nor. 
II , txa;,,) ® to the external angular figure ol the column, 
found, and as large as the size or diameter of 
" admit ; conserjuenlly, as the angles of 
'"’0 “f t'h general very unequal, the circular 
t(]„ Of t[ ® joints are seldom coincident with more than 
'tf ''f tlii^^. '’’‘los of the pentagonal, and are, tfom ilie 
Oircular part of the joint to the exterior sides 
’ 'iV'de filain. It ought likewise to be noticed as 
V*!'''^'ly ;'^*'*'^®lty, that the articulations ot these joints are 
''''«'ted, in some of them the concavity being 
\ "''Xlti, ^I'e rei crso. This occasions that variety 
"f f *^°”^‘'ivilie.s and convexities on the tops of 
s cayj ' "'liich is observable throughout the platform 
, ’tl' Vitp ®^ay, without any discoverable design or regu- 
‘St 'j 11^® number of either. 
k('‘svapy of these particular .stones, from joint to 
jl'cv" fveti^''* • tfiey are in genenti from eighteen inches 
Titin *0iY, “PS ; and, for the greater part, longer towards 
tile oolumns than nearer the top, the arlieu- 
Vr?^ tliam being there somewhat deeper. H'e 
''''■‘ttt, likewise of the colurairi is as ditlerent as 
itichp"^? figure ; in general thi.-y are from fdteen to 
® ”i diameter. Throughout the whole ot this 
tere are not any traces .ot uniformity or de- 
