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The Sugar-loaf Caves. 



These caves, like the " Clets " in the Calf Sound, are 

 most attractive to the naturalist who loves to see a pro- 

 fusion of animals flourishing under their natural condi- 

 tions. The following note of a visit to them appeared in 

 Nature for May 4th, 1893 :— 



'' During the Easter vacation the Port Erin Biological 

 Station has been full. TheL.M.B.C. organized a dredging 

 expedition, and the steamer ' Lady Loch ' was hired for 

 some days, during which a trip was made to the deep water 

 lying west of the Isle of Man, and the shallower ground 

 round the Calf Island and off Spanish Head was also 

 explored. On one of the days the calm sea and low tide 

 enabled the wonderful caves at the Sugar-loaf rock, near 



Fig. 4. Sugar-loaf Rock, near Spanish Hea(i. 



