Account Erection of the Bell Roch Lighthouse. 
-of no less than 104 feet. At this early period of the possession 
of the light-house, the inmates were panic-struck when they 
first felt, with alarm, the tremulous motion of the building, 
when those heavy seas struck it in certain directions. 
About the middle of the month of December, the whole ap- 
paratus and stores having been safely landed, and lodged in the 
house, the light was advertised for exhibition on the 1st of Feb- 
ruary 1811. On the afternoon of that day, it was accordingly 
exhibited ; and the floating-light was extinguished as no longer 
necessary. 
To distinguish this light from those formerly established on 
the coast, the reflector-frame is made to revolve upon a perpen- 
dicular axis, exhibiting periodic flashes of light of the natural 
appearance, and also light tinged of a red colour, produced by 
interposing shades of red glass ; between each appearance of 
light, periodic intervals of darkness occur, when the angular 
point of the frame comes opposite to the eye of the spectator. 
From these characteristic distinctions, the Bell Rock is now 
steered for with confidence by the mariner in the darkest night, 
instead of being shunned as an object of terror. 
The total mass of matter in this interesting building is esti- 
mated at 2083 ‘tons, and the net expence is stated at L, 61,331, 
9s. 2d. A detailed account of the expence is given in the Ap- 
pendix, which, as shewing the prices of labour and provisions, 
will form a valuable document in future times. 
We have now traced this arduous undertaking to its comple- 
tion ; but for many interesting particulars about the light-house 
and its mode of management, we must refer the reader to Mr 
Stevenson’s volume, and especially to the concluding chapter. 
During the first winter after the exhibition of the light, every 
opportunity was seized by the attending vessel for landing at 
the rock, and inquiring into the state of^ the building, its appa- 
ratus and inmates ; and it is satisfactory to find that every thing 
continued in the highest order. The keepers consist of a prin- 
cipal, a principal assistant, and two other lightkeepers, three of 
whom are always at the light-house, while one is on leave ashore 
with his family at Arbroath. Their pay is from 50 to 60 
guineas per annum, according to their rank. They ha\ e ra- 
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