. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ng been disjoined by some violent sliock ; it is one continued tract ofbrown and rocky mountain pasture; all the inhabitants, if collected, would scarcely peoplea large village. Scarba consists of a single conical mountain broken into rocky precipices,and forming a striking object. Between Jura and Scarba is the perilous strait of Corryvre-kan, a whirlpool noted for shipwreck. Colonsny and Oronsay form one long island, thechannel between them being passable at low water
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ng been disjoined by some violent sliock ; it is one continued tract ofbrown and rocky mountain pasture; all the inhabitants, if collected, would scarcely peoplea large village. Scarba consists of a single conical mountain broken into rocky precipices,and forming a striking object. Between Jura and Scarba is the perilous strait of Corryvre-kan, a whirlpool noted for shipwreck. Colonsny and Oronsay form one long island, thechannel between them being passable at low water. The former has a verdant appearance;at Oronsay are the remains of a priory, ranking as the finest in the Highlands next to thatof Ion a. Mull is a large, rough, stormy island, with winding and deeply indented shores, separatedby a long narrow sound from the Argyleshire coast. The shores are almost everywhererocky and precipitous ; tlie two once mighty holds of Duart and Aros crown rocky cliffs on itseastern shore. The great keep of the former, with its walls nine feet thick, encloses an area lioOK I. SCOTLAND, 429 206. Fingals Cave.
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