Picturesque Ireland - a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and (14756238266)

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Title: Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Savage, John, 1828-1888, ed
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Publisher: New York, T. Kelly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Tlie Honey comb y Muidh Caustway^from Lttth LaU!,Luuiy. the existence of either the convexity or concavity in the individual pieces, somehaving two convex ends, some two concave ends, and some one concave and oneconvex. In no case is the concavity or convexity great, the vertical extent ofeither seldom being more, generally less, than one inch. The sides of eachcolumn are unequal among themselves, but contiguous sides of adjoining columnsare always of equal dimensions, so as to touch all their parts. Though theangles be of various magnitudes, the columns are as closely united laterally as thejoints are vertically. Hence there are no void spaces among the basalts, thesurface of the Causeway presenting a compact pavement of polygon stones, as
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l;l;;;;;;;l;!;i;j!l;j;ll;l;l;(; i62 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. perfectly water-tight in their lateral as in their vertical union. Indeed, water willremain over the angles of junction until removed by evaporation. On the westside, however, below the Giants Punchbowl, in the midst of broken columns, thereis a well of the purest water springing from between the fine interstices of the pil-lars, and keeping a perpetual and delicious supply for the thirsty traveler in abasin made by the removal of a hexagonal joint. It is, of course, called theGiants Well, as every object and curious formation—Chair, Pulpit, Ball-Alley,Loom, Theater, Organ, Gateway, etc., pertains to the mighty Finn, the son of Cumhal, who to Dalriadas coast Led the tall squadrons of his Finnian host, to check the incursions of the Scots. A short space separates the inner end ofthe Causeway from the rocky amphitheater behind it, on the face of which areexposed many patches of columnar basalt, one of which is called the Horizon