154 



Dr. Baylies' Account of Gay Head. 



resided in this part of the island; and made the crater, de- 

 scribed above, his principal seat. To keep up his fires, he 



which 



satis- 



pulled up the largest trees by the roots ; on 



fy his hunger, he broiled the whale, and the great fish of 



the 



thr 



O 



the 



■efuse 



fficient 



eral 



acres. He did not consume all himself; but wdth a bene- 

 volent hand, often supplied them with food ready cooked. 

 To facilitate the" catching these fish, he threw many large 

 stones, at proper distances, into the sea, on which he might 

 walk with greater ease to himself This is now called the 



Devil's bridg 

 of all the 



On a time 



offering was made to him 



tobacco on Martha's Vineyard, which having 



smoked, he knocked the snuff ou 

 Kantucket. When the Christian 



of his pipe, which formed 



took pi 



ice in tlTe 

 them, and 



island, he told them, as light had come among 



he belonged to the kingdom of darkness, he must take his 



leave ; 

 and has 



cian or 



hich, to their 



g 



be 



heard of 



sorrow, he accordingly did 



Had 



been 



a 



Gre- 



an Egyptian fable, how many volumes of explana 



given 



tions, resolutions, and comments, it would ha\ 

 rise to ! 



^We tarried on the island till between twelve and one 

 o'clock the next day, walking round, ascending, descending, 



and examining the cliffs 



W 



reckoned they 



mile and a half in extent, and in height 150 feet 



about 

 They 



* 



appeared to be composed principally of clays, of all colours, 

 and unctuous to the .touch 

 doubtedly derives 



The red, used 



its colour from the calx of 



as a paint 



blue shoots out copperas in considerable plenty 



iron. 



The 



and we 

 found 



