Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist.

Date:
[1855?]
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Credit: Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I many noble and precious lives—all Avere lost. J Previous to this calamity, the Caskets had jjattained a painful notoriety in consequence of B repaeted disasters occurring in this part of the p channel. Iln 1723, after a petition from the Governor of Alderney, the lighthouses were erected on three rocks. The great rock on which they are built is thirty feet above the level of the sea. The three lighthouses are built in a triangular space, enclosed by a strong wall. (Two of them are lower than the others, and |ire about fifty feet from each other. The Higher one lies toward the north, and is placed ^on the most elevated part of the rock, being iibout one hundred and fifty feet distant from Lhe others. ^Vithin this area, which forms a sort of walk, and is kept in good order, is con- fined a plot of ground, where a few vegetables ind flowers are cultivated. As the rocks are -hemselves entirely barren, and afford no shelter . 01 the accumulation of soil, the whole of the p ;arth in Avhich these plants grow was brought |i n boats from Alderney. The spot forms a sort |i )f mimic garden, where the solitary hours of u he individuals Avho attend to the lights are f nled away. There is also a small house for B fie accommmlation of tfie Trinity House Master > vhen he visits the establishment, with a ware-