Staffa
a celebrated island on the W. of Scotland, 4 miles S. W. of Ulva, 6 N. by E. of Iona, and 54 W. of Oban.
It forms an oval uneven table-land, rising at its highest to 144 feet above the water, 1½ miles in circumference, and 71 acres in area. In the N. E., in the lee of the prevailing winds, is a tract of low shore, stretching out in beaches and forming a landing place; but elsewhere the coast is girt with cliffs from 84 to 112 feet deer, occurring in the N. of Europe and Asia. It was once found throughout the whole of Great Britain, but is now confined to the Scotch Highlands. The horns or antlers are round and have a basal snag in front. The females are hornless and are named hinds. The horns of the first year are mere bony projections; they advance in development during the second year, when the stag is named a brocket.
In each succeeding year the horns grow more and more branched, the stag being named a hart in its sixth year, when the Cyc-Vol. IX