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PLEASKIN. 97
loolrvery curious from thetop ‘of the cliff‘, and the descent"
to them is-very dangermis, it was here that Adam Mor-
inglost his life, whose story has been transmitted down to' ,. ..(‘!5
after‘-ages with so [much elegance and feeling‘. by Dr.- " 4
‘Hamilton. a . ‘ " x A
The land above the shore is a bleak pasturage for some ‘ l
miles, and the extraordinary property which it possesses,
ofbeing. elevated towards the sea, and dipping’ towards l
the centre of the county, is no where more conspicuous
orobvious than in the walk to Bengore. ' ’ '
- It now remains to describe the stratification‘ of Pleaskin
and Bengore, and the appearance they exhibit to the un-
practised eye ; after which, we shall introduce a brief re-
view of the various theories of the formation of basaltes
now before the world- At Pleaskin the 'riat11ral basaltic
rock lies immediately under the ‘surfacef; about twelve feet
from thesummit, the rock begins toiassume a columnar
tendency, and is formed into ranges-of rudely columnar
basalt, in a vertical position, and exhibiting the appear- x
ance of a grand gallery, whose columns measure 60 feet
iulheight. This basaltic colonnade rests upon a bed of
coarse, black, irregular rock, 60' feet thick, abounding in
blobs and air-holes; below this coarse stratum is a second
range of pillars, 45 feet high, more accurately columnar,
nearly as accurately formed as those of the Causeway it-
self; and in general it may be observed, that the lower the
range, the more accurate the columnarization will be found
to be. [This latter ‘range is supported by a bed.of red
ochreous stone, Thesenatural fagades, with the interven-
ing strata, form a perpendicular height of about 154 feet ;'
and from the base of this precipice, a sloping bank is con-
tinued to the sea, strewn with debris and clothed with
verdure, whose altitude is about 200 feet, making alto-
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