The water filtrating through the vaft medium of rock, obtains, by the alchy Wj 
of Nature, a petrifying quality, and forms ftaladtical incruftations, hanging 11 
grotefque figures from the roof of the cavern. 1 hey form a fpecies of very fi n 
limeftone ; and their quantity is fuch, that they have been ufed for the improve' 
ment of the neighbouring fields. 
The en°ravinf will vindicate the mentioning anew the picturefque magniS 
cence of the ftation of this cattle : * “ Perch’d, like a falcon’s nett, on the edge 
“ of the cliff, the waves roaring in wild eddies round the rocks beneath, a[1 
“ the fea-fowl clamouring above and below, form a ftrange profpedt and ling 11 
« lar chorus.” When the eafterly ftorms heave in the vaft fwell of the Ger 
Ocean, the breakers rage againft the proje cling cliffs with formidable greatne s> 
and fuch impetuofity, that the fpray wafhes the windows, and moiftens the all ' ! 
even over the fields, far beyond the caftle. 
It will not perhaps be deemed an unavailing repetition, to quote the ftat^f 
remarks of another learned traveller, who folemnly felt the contemplation of 1 1 
auguft fcene : t “ The walls of one the towers of the caftle feem only a co a ' 
« tinuation of the perpendicular rock, the foot of which is lafhed by the w:ive ^ 
“ To walk round the houfe feemed impraflicable. From the windows, the 
« wanders over the fea that feparates Scotland from Norway , and when the win 
« beat with violence muft enjoy all the terrific grandeur of the tempeft u ° ^ 
« ocean. I would not, for my amufement, wifh for a ftorm j but as ft° rl , ^ 
« whether wilhed for or not, will fometimes happen, I may fay, without viola^ 
(t of humanity, that I lhould willingly look out upon them from Slams Cafl e ‘ 
* Mr. Pennant’s Tour. I Dr- Jobnfw . 
