The cliffs of Ballybunian are even less remarkable for their dimensions, than they are for the singular form of rocks, which seem as if carved by the hand of man; and, independently of the lofty mural precipices, whose angular proportions present every variety of arrangement, as in Smuggler's Bay, where they oftentimes are semicircularly arranged, like the groin-work of an arch, or the tablets or small strings running round a window, or are piled above one another in regular succession, presenting a geological phenomenon of great grandeur and magnificence, they have also other distinct beauties, which originate frequently in similar causes.
English surgeon, traveller, geographer and geologist (1807–1896)
William Francis Ainsworth (9 November 1807 – 27 November 1896) was an English surgeon from Exeter. He was also a writer, editor, geographer and geologist.
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