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THE SEVEN SISTERS.
81
from its resemblance in shape to a " wide-awake" or
" sou’-wester" hat. As we passed close to it, this
peculiar shape was not very evident, though at a greater
distance it is. It is an insular granite rock, rising to
about 1,200 feet above the sea level.* At the upper
part, some 600 or 700 feet above the sea, is a huge
tunnel, which, from the position of the steamer, we had
an excellent opportunity of seeing. The daylight vras
visible clear through the body of the mountain. It is
difficult to form an accurate idea of the size of such an
opening, but at a guess I should say about 70 or 80 feet
high and about 40 broad. Pontopiddan states that it is
6,000 feet long and 300 feet high; but he was in the
habit of measuring sea-serpents, and this is evidently
sea-serpent measure. Sir Arthur Brooke, who inspected
it, does not give its size, beyond stating that its height
exceeds that of a lofty cathedral. The tunnel passes
directly under the peak of the mountain. I am not
aware of the existence of any other cavern of a similar
kind to this, at such an elevation, and in a granitic rock.
No approach to an explanation of its formation has yet
been given.
Beyond this the scenery of the coast is magnificent;
being composed of great chains of mountains with
craggy peaks and snowy sides. The Seven Sisters is
a short range of mountains rising directly out of the
* This is the height according to Professor Forbes’ estimate as
the mean of the very different statements that have been made
concerning it. I had set it down in my note-book at about
1,000.
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