Telegram-herald., 1890-04-24

name, '@Glassenrock. which. being In
tarpreted. means ~spouting hole"
When the wess wind Ia unleashed tor
rents cs water are forced into the lower
channel and up through the vertical
shafk The water shoots upward 70 the
height OF one hundred feet
There Is probably an interval of two
minutes between each let The rocks
for hslf mile around are drenched
with brine IL Is only when the west
wind Is piping a gallo that these mighty
fountains are IN play. When the Al
1antsc liners ara burying their iron
noses IN tic yeast and smother Of gt-
rsnttc seas as they forco their way
toward the setting sun The Arran founs-
aims are leaptng toward the sky. And
great sport does old ocean have with tho
limestone rock when tho hnman eye
looks on For in shcse lonely islos The
natives are accustomed 20 such sightss
they barely turn their heads - look S'
fhep.. IA for The tourist, tho way 70
tho cliffs is so toilsorao that i'~ persons
~ sho courage TO astempt abe our
nrv. There - no path laAdInS - sae
80 the ,vav is barred every hfsy feet
Nw Stone Walls Af4 A~s-r --AS - e~-~" -
-,rrt.,rt cattle from tho Weather.
Bul while nature has done much 20
= make tne Islands q Arrsn Of exceeding
interest % The tourist art heighsens The
victuresqu ueness q these ROCKS In the
sea To % sure. The handiwork OF nan.
"a exhibited hore. "a of the crudest kind.
adil &c "a interesting because it IL Of re-
tnArkable historic value sod bears The
impress n barbarous and savage men
As Intervals along the verge OF The
Arrsu ellis stand so-tiicasions buflt 4
lfmestons rock. These forts al se,isss
hiseory. ArchRologists have advanced
theories. bas no positive knowledge
wish regard 70 the builders or occupants
OF these strnctures can be learned. Tho
largest o. tha forts "a called Dun AenCuA
Is stands on TIE extreme verge Of the
elf In fact. one side q The fortress ia
kur7oct q tho inaccessible ciir isselt
I : - a vuie semi--frcls In shape and en-
closes probably six acres Tie walls as
thsv nov stand are About Ten feet high
and quise rs thick. Thess walls Are
tuils Of small pieces of limestone neaty
.pfled tngether without mortar; o..
rasher. succession of stone ssIls balls
closely eogetAsE
Ouaside the walls and IS n placed
xisers - protect The fortress from invs-
sion. Is a rude -i~vaaE - f-sss~ This q
formed ~ stones a. larTn a those usual
- used for curbstouss IN America one
end of these stones Is shsrpened Ike =
Isaf-rarciI pCinA and the other end "a
ariven into she ground 80 thas The
stones lean outward st sharp anglia
The stones arr placed so close pgesher
shat Is rouid be impossible for horse
- nan - suruount them. Some -
xhese fortrasses have been partially De-
s.rovpd - the Arraners In sosrrh II
wahhfss which tsi hidden between taa
.sen,s. Within sae past tv0 TeaFs. how
.~ar an s~chaac egicai scnie-y has re-
v..l-.s,l che VA ard nov they sand iu
e~-stlv The SAGE condition n when
ehex ztocsi nobody kro1s how long 49,
Rus 6o ratu-a 60 the clirs, Within ors
-.f1s cf the scuthcrn extremity cf IN
.e.hrrcre an enormous rass cf rck hea
t.-~,-,e desached trurl The nain citas
- sha c7rtinncus sctiou q Tsuer apon
r--.ase-ne. This rex l. isclsesd hT
e.snr.a f-crs swo ~ fur fset 81 F1cth-
r,,. detached rcck -rsersn nles one % the
- cf she Brcckirn bridge IN shspe
- - a - twi,e as bulky ard -
- Es,f rirher thza cne = the shcui-
- ts.. great American srchi acctursi
-. Just here e a secret rash
soewn crfg 70 the issanee-s y Taicn
ne rocsT bssch ss-oT can se rs@'aea-.