StaffaDavid and Charles, 1975 - 201 Seiten |
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... called Meall nam Faoileann ( Gaelic for " the rounded hill of the seagulls " ) . It is merely what Dr Johnson might have called an incon- siderable protuberance . The highest part of the southern end of the island , near Fingal's Cave ...
... called Meall nam Faoileann ( Gaelic for " the rounded hill of the seagulls " ) . It is merely what Dr Johnson might have called an incon- siderable protuberance . The highest part of the southern end of the island , near Fingal's Cave ...
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... called Ua Ad , or Long Cave , which is variously cut ; at the entry to this cave the stones are shaped like the outward part of the concave clam shell ; there is nothing else remarkable about it . West of Fingall's Cave is a cave called ...
... called Ua Ad , or Long Cave , which is variously cut ; at the entry to this cave the stones are shaped like the outward part of the concave clam shell ; there is nothing else remarkable about it . West of Fingall's Cave is a cave called ...
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... called lava . The fine fragmental pro- ducts are called ash , though there is only trifling combustion in volcanic activity ; the subterranean material is melted , not burned . American scientists have found recently that ascend- ing ...
... called lava . The fine fragmental pro- ducts are called ash , though there is only trifling combustion in volcanic activity ; the subterranean material is melted , not burned . American scientists have found recently that ascend- ing ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
DISCOVERY OF STAFFA BY SIR JOSEPH BANKS | 11 |
EARLY TRANSPORT TO STAFFA AND THE ISLANDS | 23 |
Urheberrecht | |
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appears arch Ardtun Atlantic Banks's basalt beautiful believed bird Boat Cave boatmen cavern centre Clamshell Cave cliffs coast Colonnade colour columnar rock columns cormorant dark described description of Staffa Dr Johnson earth's Edinburgh edition entrance evidence famous Faujas feet Fingal's Cave formation formed Gaelic Gaels geologists Giant's Causeway Glasgow Gometra Gunna Mor Hebrides height Herdsman Inchkenneth including Staffa inhabitants Iona Ireland Island of Staffa lava flows Loch MacCulloch MacKinnon's Cave MacQuarrie mention miles natural neighbouring islanders Oban ocean Ossian owing paddle steamer pillars poem published puffins Ranald MacDonald region ruins sailed says scene Scotland sea level seen Sir Joseph Banks Skerryvore south-west Staffa and Iona steamboat steamer stones storm surface Tertiary tide Tobermory Torloisk Tour Treshnish Isles tuff Ulva estate visit to Staffa visited Staffa visitors volcanic volcanic activity Watteville waves weather West Highlands Western Isles wind wonderful
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