. The earth and its inhabitants .. . G. 2 Miles. Sgir More ; that is, Great Rocks —rising upon a submarine plateau stretchingaway from the gneissic islands of Coll and Tiree, are pointed out from afar by alofty lighthouse. The Tower of Skerryvore is a rival to the famous lighthousesof Eddystone and Bell Rock, and the difficulties over which its engineer, AlanStevenson, has triumphed were, perhaps, even greater than in the case of theother two, as the power of the waves in these seas is sufficient to lift a block ofstone weighing 42 tons. To the south of the Firth of Lome there exte
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . G. 2 Miles. Sgir More ; that is, Great Rocks —rising upon a submarine plateau stretchingaway from the gneissic islands of Coll and Tiree, are pointed out from afar by alofty lighthouse. The Tower of Skerryvore is a rival to the famous lighthousesof Eddystone and Bell Rock, and the difficulties over which its engineer, AlanStevenson, has triumphed were, perhaps, even greater than in the case of theother two, as the power of the waves in these seas is sufficient to lift a block ofstone weighing 42 tons. To the south of the Firth of Lome there extends another chain of islands,formed, like the neighbouring coast, of Silurian rocks. This chain includes
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