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pended to reach the water. The interior con- 

 tains six chambers, with plenty of accommoda- 

 tion for the light-men, who are also provided 

 with excellent quarters in the town of Arbroath, 

 about twelve miles distant, where their families 

 reside. They keep watch by turns for six 

 weeks together at the lighthouse. The light is 

 seen at the distance of twenty miles, and is 

 readily distinguished from others on the coast, 

 being produced by oil-burners set in silver- 

 plated reflectors, each two feet broad, and 

 arranged on a frame of four sides, which is 

 so contrived as to turn round by machinery 

 once in six minutes. A shade of red glass 

 is placed before two of the reflectors, so that 

 in each revolution two of the lights appear 

 red, while the others remain of their natural 

 pale colour. Two large bells, each weighing 

 1200 Ibs., are tolled by the same machinery 

 during thick weather, to alarm any vessel ap- 

 proaching the rock, when unable to see the 

 lights. 



The celebrated Sir Walter Scott was once in 

 company with a friend of mine, when he related 

 the following anecdote of the Bell Rock. A 

 Scotch pirate one day landed on it, and, in 



