MEMOIR OP DR. WALKER. 29 
urinated by lands and islands of various shapes, 
forming a very singular and grand horizon. 
“ On one hand wo had a thousand hills, the whole 
alpino country of Argyleslrire, tho ancient Albion ; 
here only our view was intercepted, and that only 
by mountains in the distance. In another quarter, 
we saw distinctly the whole of the Hebrides and 
Deucaledonian Ocean. Southwards, the vast pro- 
montory of Cantyre lay under our eye ; and beyond 
it, in one view, all the west of Scotland, rising to 
the great mass of mountains in the head of Clydes- 
dale and Nithsdale; in another view, the spiry 
summits of Arran, and tho whole Irish Sea, with its 
shores, to the Isle of Man. From the south to the 
west, the north of Ireland lay as a plain before us, 
further than the eye could reach. The impetuous 
strait between the Mull of Cantyre and the Fair 
Head, with its lofty cliffs, was at hand; through 
which the Irish Sea is filled every tide by the pour- 
ing in of the Atlantic. The promontory of the 
Giant’s Causeway appeared near and distinct ; and 
beyond it the high land of Inis-huna, the north ex- 
tremity of Ireland ; beyond this, to the Hebrides, 
nothing but air and ocean. 
“ The emotions in the mind of the beholder, 
arising from tho grandeur of this scene, are not to 
be excited by any description. The extent of pro- 
spect from this mountain is indeed surprising, not 
much under three hundred miles south and north. 
But the curvature of the earth is here greatly over- 
come by the elevation of the spectator and the great 
