CHART SHOWING TUt LIGHTS THAT MARK THE) APPROACHES TO THE; GREjAT HARBORS 

 OF BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND PHILADELPHIA (SEE PAGE I5) 



Note the overlapping of the arcs of visibility of lights on an important coast. The lights 

 differ in character and thus may easily be distinguished 



ago. She lived at I^ime Rock lighthouse, 

 on a ledge in Newport harbor, for 57 

 years, her father having been appointed 

 keeper when she was 12 years old. She 

 was keeper of the light for 32 years. 

 There are reports of her having rescued 

 13 persons from drowning. On one oc- 

 casion, it is said, she saved three men 

 who had swamped while attempting to 

 pick up a sheep, and then she rescued 

 the sheep also. 



Because of the difficult life, keepars at 

 isolated stations are granted shore liberty 

 and leave 72 days a year, and crews of 

 light vessels 90 days a year. 



THE BOSTON LIGHT WAS THE EIRST 

 AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE 



The first lighthouse on this continent 

 was built by the province of Massachu- 

 setts, in 1715-1716, on an island in the 

 entrance to Boston harbor. In 1713 a 



