208 MR. rudyard's lighthouse. 



— who had had little or no education. The 

 width of the river there was three hundred and 

 sixty-four feet^ and the bridge was thrown into 

 the form of a single arch^ although it had sup- 

 port from a pier in the centre. This bridge 

 was destroyed by the French in 1799; but 

 several others^ built by Ulric^ are still standing. 



Another remarkable instance^ and per- 

 haps the most so of any^ of the employment of 

 timber^ was by a Mr. Rudyard^ once a silk- 

 mercer^ on Ludgate-hill. It was the light- 

 house on the Eddystone rock, which stood 

 there before the present stone one was built. An 

 edifice of this sort had been previously erected 

 on that spot by Mr. Winstanley ; but he and 

 his lighthouse were unfortunately washed from 

 the spot during a dreadful storm, in 1703. 



Mr. Rudyard built his sea tower entirely of 

 wood, using layers of stone, merely as a weight 



