Mr. Stevenson's Account of the Bdl Rock Lighthouse. 163 



occasions, by the force of the waves. In the month of September the 

 building had risen to the height of thirty feet, which completed the solid 

 part of the structure, and concluded the operations of the season. 



During the year 1810 this great structure was completed. The ma- 

 sonry had reached its full height of 100 feet in the month of October, 

 and in December the light was advertised to the public for exhibition, 

 on the 1st of February 18] 1. 



Long after the completion of the lighthouse, viz. on the 14th Novem- 

 ber 1812, the building was struck with a tremendous sea, the effect of 

 which was more alarming than any thing that had been experienced 

 since its erection. The locks upon the doors were heard to rattle, and, 

 what was very singular, the building was not struck by another sea dur- 

 ing the whole tide. The alarm was so great that the artificers, and two 

 of the lightkeepers, sprung from the kitchen up to the balcony, imagin- 

 ing for the moment that some vessel must have got upon the rock, and 

 that the report which they heard was the discharge of a gun ; but they 

 soon found that their alarm had been occasioned by the sea alone. 



The following short table will exhibit to our readers the relative di« 

 mensions, &c. of the Eddystone and Bell Rock lighthouses. 



Eddystone. Bell Rock. 



Height of rock about 1 Level with high water Level with low water 

 f mark. mark. 



Height of masonry above | ^ 100 



the rock J 



Diameter of the first en- 

 tire course 



\ 



26 42 



Cubic contents in feet 1 .... 28,530 



about f ' 



Expense understood toj £ 2 3)0 00, ascertained £61,331 : 9: 2. 

 have been about f 



The brief notice which we have now given of the leading operations at 

 the Bell Rock will, we hope, induce the reader to peruse the full and in- 

 teresting details of them which Mr. Stevenson has given in the work 

 before us. Independent of these details, the scientific reader will find 

 Tery interesting inquiries respecting natural history, hydrography, and 

 general science, with which this work is enriched. In the introduction 

 Mr. Stevenson has given an historical narrative of the institution of the 

 Board of Commissioners, and of the progress made in the erection of 

 the northern lighthouses ; and he has inserted in an Appendix various 

 important documents connected with the subject of his work. The 

 plates and letterpress are highly creditable to the several artists. The 

 frontispiece is engraved by Horsburgh, and the general view by Millar. 



The light keepers of this establishment consist of a principal, a prin- 

 cipal assistant, and two others, three of whom are always at the rock on 

 duty, while one is absent on have. Their pay is from fifty to sixty 

 guineas per annum, besides rations of provisions, uniform clothes, and 

 houses provided for their respective families at Arbroath. Between that 

 place and the light-house, it is not a little curious to observe that a com- 



