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THE SEA. 



and the light appears at its brightest state once in every minute. The lantern is no less 

 than 150 feet above the sea, and its flashes may be seen from the deck of a vessel eighteen 

 miles off. It is frequently seen from the high land of Barra, distant thirty-eight miles. 

 The mass of stonework is double that of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, and five times that of 



THE SKEHRYVOKE LIGHTHOUSE. 



the Eddystone; it measures 58,580 cubic feet. The Skerryvore Light-tower was erected 

 at a cost of 86,977 17s. 7d. 



The eminent French naturalist, M. de Quatrefages, has given us an admirable description* 

 of a visit paid by him to the lighthouse of Hehaux, on a rock near the Isles of Brehat, 



* Vide " The Rambles of a Naturalist on the Coasts of France, Spain, and Sicily." 



