. The earth and its inhabitants .. . row strait which connects thatloch with the Sound of Sleat, isscarcely 500 yards wide. Themountains of Skye, rising inScuir-an-Gillean, one of theCuchullins, to a height of 3,220feet, run in the same directionas the mountains of whilst Eastern Skye is mainlyformed of metamorphosed Silu-rian rocks, its larger westernportion is overspread with is one of the most pic-turesque islands of the Hebrides,with serrated ridges, sheets oflava, cup-shaped caldrons, silverycataracts and mountain lakes,and spar caverns. One of the most remarkabl
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . row strait which connects thatloch with the Sound of Sleat, isscarcely 500 yards wide. Themountains of Skye, rising inScuir-an-Gillean, one of theCuchullins, to a height of 3,220feet, run in the same directionas the mountains of whilst Eastern Skye is mainlyformed of metamorphosed Silu-rian rocks, its larger westernportion is overspread with is one of the most pic-turesque islands of the Hebrides,with serrated ridges, sheets oflava, cup-shaped caldrons, silverycataracts and mountain lakes,and spar caverns. One of the most remarkable curiosities of the island is the Quiraing (1,000 feet), near itsnorthern cape. It consists of a turf-clad platform of basalt, standing like a tableamongst gigantic columns of rock, for the most part inaccessible. The Western, or Outer Hebrides, are separated from the mainland and itscontiguous islands by the deep channel of the Minch, which sinks to a depthof 150 fathoms. From their northern promontory, the Butt of Lewis, to Barra. Depth 0 to 2SFathoiiiij. , 25 Miles. 848 THE BRITISH ISLES. Head, on the small island of Bernera, the development of this chain of gneissicislands is so regular that in the eyes of the inhabitants of Scotland there exists butone Long Island. This island, however, is made up of hundreds of fragments—islands, islets, rocks—most of which are inhabited, though the population isnumerous only on Lewis and Harris (which jointly form the northern and largestisland of the group), North TJist, South Uist, Benbecula, and Barra. Each ofthese fragments of Long Island has its hills, its Ben More, or Big Mountain,its lakes, peat bogs, lochs, and fishing ports. The traces of ancient glaciers are Fig. 172.—Lochs of Southern 1 : 275,000.
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