Jenkinson's practical guide to the Isle of Man - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...before arrivingat Craignaish, a perfect stone circle will be passed, and half a mile beyond the village are " The Chasms!" (see page 149). Craignaish may also be reached with carriage by following the Port St. Mary road for some distance, and then turning to the right, the journey being thus increased to 4 miles. The Calf Islet is also often visited by boat from Pert Erin, the distance being 3 miles. The charge for boat and men is 10s. Those who take this excursion might get the boatmen to land them at the Sound, and thence walk i mile to Craignaish, and, after visiting the Chasms, return to Port Erin, or descend direct to Port St. Mary. When the tourist has returned home from his visit to the Isle of Man, perhaps the one spot above all others to which his mind will revert with the greatest pleasure, and which he will most desire to visit again, will be the quiet, sweet, homely bay of Port Erin; and therefore, before commencing the return journey, we will give a few extracts from Edwin Waugh's description of the place:--"All around the shores of the ' Fairy Isle' there is not a more charming sea-side spot than Port Erin, a little cragdefined bay at the southern end of the Island. It is a pleasant seclusion, sweetly retired from bustle of any kind, except such as the sea makes when a strong west wind brings Neptune's white-maned horses into the bay in full career. Then, indeed, Port Erin wears an aspect of a nobler and more spirit-stirring kind. But even then, when the spray is flying over the roofs of the fishermen's cottages, low down, near to the beach, the briny tumult is mere child's play in a nursery nook compared to the roaring majesty with which the billows rage among the creeks and chasms and craggy headlands outside. At such a time, ...