L'imperial gazetteer of Scotland ; ou, Dictionnaire de la topographie écossais, compilés à partir de la plus récente, et formant un corps complet de géographie écossaise, physique, statistiques, historique et généralités ., il est gras et pittoresque ; et, oc-casionally, il devient planeur, murale et prodigieusement,pas un peu de sublime. Les falaises, vers themouth Loch-Portree de, en particulier, sont singularlyimposing, et forme le début d'un mostmagnificent gamme de paysages de la côte, qui stretchesalong tout le nord de la paroisse, et de là à l'extrémité de nearthe Snizort. Les falaises au nord

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The imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of Scottish geography, physical, statistical, and historical . eneral, it is bold and picturesque; and, oc-casionally, it becomes soaring, stupendously mural, and not a little sublime. The cliffs, toward themouth of Loch-Portree, in particular, are singularlyimposing, and form the commencement of a mostmagnificent range of coast-scenery, which stretchesalong all the north of the parish, and away to nearthe extremity of Snizort. The cliffs on the northside of the loch exhibit one specimen which closelyresembles Salisbury-crags at Edinburgh; but they, at the same time, present much variety of form, andrise emulously aloft, cliff behind cliff, crag beyondcrag, stupendous in height and impressive in theirgrandeur. A very steep declivity of about of amile in length on the sides of these vast rocks over-hangs precipices which fall sheer down to the sea, and is powdered over with blocks and masses whichhave fallen from the cliffs above; yet, on accountof the excellence of its pasture, and in spite of PORTS AMD MKB.0UKS <0H TM £ WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. PORTREE. 627 POET-SKERRY, an occasional loss by a fall from its seaward edge, is every summer used as crazing ground for milkcows. At the head of Loeli-Portree rises the mon-arch-mountain of the parish, called Ait-Suidhe-Thuin, or Fingals sitting-place; because, according totradition, that hero was accustomed, from a greenhillock on its summit, to survey and direct thechase. It rises at first with an easy and gentleascent, but becomes steep as it approaches the top;it attains an altitude of more than 2, 000 feet abovesea-level, and commands a view of nearly all thewest coast of Ross-shire, of the greater part of theSkye and Long-Island groups of the Hebrides, andof multitudinous and picturesque forkings and dis-severments of the Deucaledonian sea; and, over allits surface, with the

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