The water in this is not very deep, but it was deep enough to give one of my companions a good ducking as he was trying to reach a shell which one of the ladies of our party wanted to possess.
You will also often see something like these bent pillars in starch.
THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY.
On the north coast of Ireland, the Giant's Causeway is a collection of similar pillars of rather a smaller size. They stretch far into the sea, and at low water you may walk a long distance upon the tops of them.
The pillars get higher as they approach the cliff, and in the cliff itself, just above them, is a remarkable layer of fossil wood in the state called lignite, which closely resembles charcoal.
At some distance from the Causeway, some of the pillars stand up by themselves, looking just like tall chimneys. There are also some wonderful caves in the Basaltic cliffs behind it, but none of them consisting of pillars like the great cave of Staffa. It is called the Giant's Causeway, because some people have fancied that it resembled the commencement of a great pier or causeway, which some beings of superhuman power had left unfinished. This is only a fancy for poets to talk of; you and I are now engaged about facts.
There are some similar formations in Iceland, of very great extent, and in several other parts of the world; but those I have told you about, are the most remarkable which are known to exist.