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«ew near BERRIDALE CASTLE, 
in CAITHNESS. 
A VAST range of mountains pervades Sutherland, and terminates in the im- 
ui menfe promontory of the Ord of Cailhnefs, which prefents to the eaft fome 
■Wh ^ c hffs that are beat by the German ocean. From the top of thefe cliffs, 
° ne approaches the verge, and looks down to the fea, it impreffes the mind 
r 0a 1 a °f aw ^ u ^ fenfe of an airy, exalted, and dangerous fituation. The very 
p e ,/" 0r horfes and carriages acrofs this head-land, winds along the precipices, im~ 
, ln § in many parts over the fea ; fo that the traveller beholds a dreadful depth 
*he fea roaring beneath j but heard from fuch a height founds as a far diftant 
<c ^ Ur * Thefe cliffs, Mr. Pennant fays, tc are infinitely more high and horrible, than 
Tjj £ ^Wmaen Mawr," of Wales, which is fo celebrated for its terrific grandeur. 
tre at$ CaVernS y awn beneath, and run far under ground, are the gloomy re- 
°f ftals and fea fowl j the former find rich food in the lump-fifh, which breed 
^ le * ower rocks j and the latter build their nefts on the fhelves within the caves, 
s which they know are feldom vifited or acceffible to the human kind. 
tl le ^ n .^ e ^ Ce hding the north fide of the Ord, and entering the County of Cailhnefs , 
o n t | Ulns °f Berridale Cafile, in a peninfulated fituation, on a ridge of rocks, appears 
of r ’ght ; on the left, arable lands in a deep bottom, enriched with linall woods 
c 0l] erSj birch, and willows j thefe too, frequently cloath the rocky hills, and the 
Settle ^ r ° Un< ^ abounds with ftags and roes ; in the moors are all forts of feathered 
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t ^ le ^ ee P face of a hill, which rifes beyond Berridale and fronts the Ord, 
5rk j ‘ s a right romantic view of two bridges, over the Berridale and Langwal rivers, 
give° - tIle °penings into the woody glens through which they run : this profpeft is 
W° Plate. An ancient burying-ground, to which there is now no place of 
*te ^ near ’ a ff°rds the lonely entertainment of mofs-grown grave-ftones, on which 
aces of decayed fculpture, but too indefinite long to engage attention. 
jac c . nt \ rhattered remains of Ach Cafile-, the veftiges of a circular tower; the ad- 
ti Ce C larn] ets, and village of Aufdale, are the only other objedts that conciliate no- 
n pafiing through this entrance into the more level lands of Caithnejs . 
Th 
ftiQk ° u §h Caithnejs be a champaign country, the coafl is in general bold and 
1 J lar ge malfes of the precipitous cliffs, detached from the main, often form- 
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