CHAPTER XVIII.

LIGHTHOUSES ON THE WESTERN COAST 204

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE AT DUNGENESS _Frontispiece_

THE EDDYSTONE MEDAL, 1757 7

THE BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE 16

THE PHAROS, ALEXANDRIA 19

ANCIENT COAST-LIGHT 38

OUTER FARNE LIGHTHOUSE 45

GRACE DARLING AND HER FATHER ON THE WAY TO THE WRECK 49

GRACE DARLING 51

MODEL OF THE FIRST LIGHTSHIP 70

MODEL OF A LIGHTSHIP BUILT IN 1790 73

PACK OF PLAYING CARDS DESIGNED BY WINSTANLEY 116

WINSTANLEY’S EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE 129

SILVER MODEL OF EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE AFTER ALTERATION 134

RUDYERD’S EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE 141

THE EDDYSTONE BUILT BY SMEATON 149

SMEATON’S MODE OF DOVETAILING THE STONES 151

SMEATON’S CHANDELIER 154

SECTION OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE BUILT BY SMEATON 156

THE PRESENT EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE 159

WOLF ROCK LIGHTHOUSE 178

LONGSHIPS LIGHTHOUSE 182

THE WRECKER 186

ST. AGNES LIGHTHOUSE, SCILLY ISLES 193

THE BISHOP’S ROCK LIGHTHOUSE 202

THE SMALLS LIGHTHOUSE 207

LIGHTHOUSE AT HOLYHEAD 218

[Illustration: THE BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE.]