ually for the first half mile, till the cavern is no more than ten feet high and ten feet broad. Here a partition has been erected, with a door of convenient dimensions for the purpose of protecting the lights of visitors. There is at this place a current of air passing inwardly for six months, and outwardly for the remainder of the year.

Among the rooms in this immense cave is one called the Haunted Chamber. It is nearly two miles in length, twenty feet in height, and ten in breadth. The top is

formed of smooth white stone, soft, and much resembling the plastering of a room. There is a small quantity of water, constantly falling from above, which, in the course of ages, has worn from the stone at the top, some beautiful pillars which extend to the bottom of the room. They have the appearance of being the work of art.

In one of them there is formed a complete arm chair. By the side of this, is a clear pool of water.

The sides of the room are elegantly adorned with a variety of figures, formed from the stone at the top, and hanging like icicles in winter from the eaves of buildings. At the end of this room is a kind of natural stair-case, to the depth of near three hundred feet. Here we find a beautiful stream of pure water winding its way along between the rocks.

About a mile farther on, we find what is called the Chief City. A large hill situated in the centre of the cave would afford quite an extensive prospect, if there were light enough to distinguish objects. Here too is a very powerful echo. After travelling over rocks, hills and plains for about four miles, we come to a water-fall. Here the water dashes into a pit below of immense depth.

"A circumstance occurred here," says a recent traveller, "that had nearly proved fatal to one of us. The sides of the pit are formed of loose rocks, and we amused ourselves by rolling them down, in order to hear them strike the bottom. Such is the depth of it, that a minute elapsed before we could hear them strike, and the sound

was very faint. One of our party venturing too near for the purpose of rolling a large stone, started the foundation on which he stood, and was precipitated down about twenty feet with the tumbling stones. Fortunately a projecting rock saved him from destruction.

"This put an end to all our amusements, and being much fatigued with a travel of twenty-four hours on foot, and seeing no fairer prospect of finding the end, than when we commenced, we concluded to return. After being forty-two hours absent from the light of day, we again found ourselves at the mouth of the cavern, and gave ourselves up to a refreshing sleep."

FINGAL'S CAVE.

The Cave of Fingal, in the island of Staffa, is proba

bly one of the most magnificent caves that has ever been described by travellers. The mind, says Sir Joseph Banks can hardly form an idea more magnificent than such a space, supported on each side by ranges of columns, and roofed by the bottom of those which have been broken off in order to form it. The colour of these pillars is varied with a great deal of elegance, by a yellow matter which exudes between their angles. The whole cavern is lighted from without so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen. Within, the air is perfectly wholesome, and free from the damp vapours with which caverns generally abound.

of the island of Staffa, form one of the most wonderful curiosities in nature.

On the west side of the island is a small bay, where boats generally land. A little to the southward of this, the first appearance of pillars is to be observed. They are small, and instead of being placed upright, lie down on their sides, each forming a part of a circle. From hence you pass a small cave, above which, the pillars, now grown a little larger, are inclining in all directions. In one place a small mass of them very much resembles the ribs of a ship.

Over against this place is a small island called in Erse, Boo-sha-la, or the Herdsman, separated from the main island by a narrow channel. This whole island is composed of pillars, which are small, but by far the most beautifully and neatly formed of any about the place.

The main island, towards the North West, is supported by ranges of erect pillars, not tall, but of large diameters. At their feet is an irregular pavement, made by the upper sides of such as have been broken off, and extending under water as far as the eye can reach. The appearance of these larger pillars is magnificent, beyond any description that can be given of them.

GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, IRELAND.

The Giant's Causeway consists of many thousand pillars, standing perfectly erect, and close to each other. Most of them have five sides, some six, and others seven; yet they are so adapted to each other that there is