Rock 
of D U N B r. 
AIB Y is a lofty infulated rock, near to modern Slain s Cajlle ; feven miles 
j - ° Uth from Pierhead-, the eaftmoft point of Scotland. 
tached "fr lmmen ^ e ’ ™§g e dj and precipitous fet of cliffs, fome hundred yards de- 
m rom t e rnain land, and riftng from deep water, in pyramidal columns, 
to home hundred feet in height. 
an ext r ° C *V s ‘ n man y places level at top, and has foil upon it in the middle, to 
carried ent ° r b ° Ut an acre °f ground. Sometimes fets of Jfheep and goats are 
derablv r P 7 u Up ° n * J and tbe fin S ll5arit y °f their fixation then adds confi- 
Th' 0 (i' e cbarms the other uncommon appearances of the fcene. 
rock ah^ ^ ° f r ? Ck haS an open vault » that P afres wh olly through it: the 
even i C 1S ° rmed lnto a m oft majeftic and ponderous arch; it is awful to fail 
with hidel^ 7 K ‘ , ThC lm P endin g cliffs > fcemingly hung in air, and yawning 
their e ^ s ciafms > that appear to detach them from the parent rock, look as if 
would uimhleT ° f 7“ ' hC warnin § of their approaching fall, when they 
terrmed: and t-v, ° Wn> and be bu " ed in the ocean '■ yet they refill the ftorm and 
tempeft and the raging of thefea, immoveable and unlhaken. 
than the o,ke°s rL r °t of d “ li ™) r left ™SS' d a " d precipitous 
bv other, • ! ’ 7 be chmbed U P> by thofe praftifed in climbing rocks • 
of and da " 8 ' r - The ^ parts of the other fidei 
f ea arealmnf/l ' 7° thatl P acious and lofty front which fpreads towards the 
is therefn u I? 8CthCr lnacceffib le by human art ; every Ihelve of thefe cliffs 
for *1! ' ,h , oll y occ “P't<l with Killywakes, and with their nefts in fummer . 
t;,tro“ u ; g berc inftba tdis thcm that — ■«*“ - tuSn; 
hierable'^thanf f ‘ hat , here P erched otl 'ho crowded nefe, is fo innu- 
charged" the aii withoT h'"® * h ' rMk ,,lth a b ° at . a fowling-piece be dif- 
wing which 1 j c ", h J'P crbole - 1S obfolutely darkened by the flight 0 „ 
It is cuftlt™ Cd the fot a toioote or two leave their young® 
feafon is .III ?"!?”“ t0 g0 and br! "S d »« the young birds (the 
fee to feed : fort TT ft™'? 'he, have taken wing, or° got to the 
tnorfel. If they are killed" ” • f fft conr ‘ dercd b P numbers as a delicious 
ooft : A weak Ihot with fmaln® H " a *' tlKy muft '"main on the cliff in the 
it Utot, with fmall lead, muff therefore be confultcd, fo as only ft. 
verely 
