[from Brown's Popular Guide, 1887]

SEVEN DAYS IN THE ISLE OF MAN.

I enclose some suggestions for pedestrians. What I want is to show my fellow-pedestrians how to spend seven days in the Isle of Man. I believe I can guarantee the accuracy of this little sketch. I hope no one will be frightened by the term ''pedestrian." The longest of these seven walks is the last, and that is not more than 20 miles; though certainly much of it is rather stiff. The fact is that people surrender the delights of pedestrianism far too tamely, and far too early in life. I hope I may induce some of your visitors to reconsider the question as regards themselves.

Clifton College. T. E. BROWN.

FIRST DAY

Get leave for the Nunnery land behind Douglas Head. This is important; the bit is very fine. I feel sure that application at the Nunnery, or to the agent of the proprietor in Douglas, would procure permission. The first inlet is Ballacregga harbour, the east corner of Soderick Bay. Strike inland until you hit the path to the Port Soderick Hotel. Follow this path. At the west corner of the bay, get on the cliffs again.

St. Anne's Head, Greenock; some delicious walking, over fine turf; a nice margin between the fields and the rocks. The temptation to lie down here and dream for a couple of years or so must be resisted.

Jackdaw harbour ; Cass-na-Awin, the foot of the Santon river. If the tide is out, wade across; if it is in, make a bundle of your clothes, fasten them to a good big stone, throw them across, and then swim across yourself. If nervous about this, keep up your own side of the stream to a farmhouse, when you can cross on a plank. Down the other side to sea again - undoubtedly one of the very best things in the Island. Keep west.to Derbyhaven ; walk round and out to Fort Island; then along the "back of Langness" - commonly called the "back o' Langlish" - to Langness point. The gullies are good. Off the point, notice the Skerranes and the strong tide. Creep out on the point as far as ever you can ; in again, and follow coast of Castletown bay - exquisite bathing creeks ; water gloriously clear. At the N.E. corner you come on to the Racecourse, a sweet bit of turfy sandbank - smells like a rose. Near the College you hit the road, and so on into Castletown. On this walk there is no place of refreshment except Port Soderick Hotel, and this is close to Douglas. Sandwich and flask will be best. The whole walk will take about six hours. Smokers could hold out till dinner in Castletown. This walk is a very solitary one. After leaving Port Soderick you will most likely not see a soul before you come to Derbyhaven.

SECOND DAY.

A look at the Castle outside is enough ; inside, it is a jail. Make for Scarlett, and bathe there. This is a prime beatitude. Keep coast to Poolvash. Here you get road. Follow it to Mount Gawne. Just beyond Mount Gawne there is a mill. Here take a footpath to the left ; it will lead you to Port St. Mary. Here you might lunch. Ask for the: Chasms. It is not hard, however, to find them. Take the turn to the right of Port St. Mary street, and keep up the road past the only big house. You will soon see a stile on the left. Here is a path to the creek of Perwick. Keep: rather up the little glen (Glen Chass) ; climb up its left side to a mine, which is unmistakable. A very little beyond this you come on to the open moor. Its sea edge contains the Chasms. Keep the coast. The next head is the Black Head ; then Spanish Head. Here you see the Calf and the Sound. Strike inland; cross some seedy-looking, little, half-drained fields, and you will hit a road running up N.E.;, leads to Craig-Naish. At this hamlet be sure to take the seaward road. It leads by a Druidical circle to a mountain gate. Below the gate is a little glen called " Strooan-Snell." There is a road down it into Port Erin. This walk might take some five hours. Sleep here, but in the evening take a. stroll by Bradda Village to Fairy-hill. The first part of this day's walk will be lonely enough ; but there will be people at the Chasms probably.

THIRD DAY.

Bradda Head ; behind it a very deep bay - Fleshwick. North of this bay, or rather creek, keep close to the cliffs, but rise gradually. You will.come to a singular depression in the coast line called "The Slock." Here are some walls converging. Steer north, and keep up. You will get to the top of Cronk-ny-Eirey-Lhaa, a splendid lookout post westward. If decently clear, you ought to see Ireland. The little town on the coast, N.E., is Peel. You can see the Castle. The deep dell on the north is Dalby ; the reef of rocks running out just north of it is the Niarbyl. Descend eastward. The mountain before you 1s South Barrule. When you come to the level between the two hills you will find aroad. This place is called ''The Round Table." Turn down the road to the left ; it will lead you just above Dalby and the Niarbyl, and then it will follow the coast north. Keep this road to Glen Meay. See the waterfall (which, by-the-bye, is only a ruin of its old self), and then follow the stream to the shore. Climb up on the right, and you will get on to Peel hill. A fine walk along the top, and then you drop down into Peel, just as the Castle begins to show itself in front. Five hours are ample time for this walk. Refreshments might be had at Glen Meay ; but I should "lay in" at Port Erin. Sleep at Peel. A fine lonely walk, except just at Glen Meay.

FOURTH DAY.

Inspect the Castle. Take train to St. John's. Walk to Rhenass - the name ludicrously transmogrified now into "Glen Helen!" See the waterfall and return to gate, where you can get lunch. Up Craig Willie's Hill to Cronk-e-Voddey Chapel. Here take a road to the left which will enable you to strike the road between Peel and Kirk Michael, just N.E. of Glen Brough. Walk N.E. on this road to Kirk Michael. You will cross the mouths of three glens - Glen Cam, Glen Ballagawne, and Glen Willyn. Glen Cam (crooked) is decidedly one of the finest things in the Island. At Glen Ballagawne turn up the stream for about half a mile, and you will come to the Spoot Vane Waterfall. It is not worth much. You can leave it by a different road, which will fall into the highroad nearer Kirk Michael. It is a part of what is called " Bishop Wilson's Road." As you walk along, Scotland hovers nearly parallel to you, a fine old geographical ghost. Sleep at Kirk Michael. If there is no room at the hotel, you will find a very decent "public" a little way down the street, where you can get a good clean bed and a dish of ham and eggs for breakfast of the most most bountiful kind. This day's walk will have been magnificently solitary, except from Peel to Rhenass.

FIFTH DAY.

Don't waste time on Bishop's Court. The glen is really nothing: a few clumps of rhododendra and some gravel walks - a part, in fact, of the Bishop's private grounds. Go straight on to Ballaugh. Immediately after crossing the bridge, turn to the right, and go up the glen. Keep on some two miles to Ravensdale, where the glen forks. Take the E. stream, and go right up.

When you get well up on to the first plateau, and are on the open mountain lands, steer S.E. by S. ; or, what is as good a guide, walk straight on from the top of the glen to the first cultivated land. Then skirt this going about E., and you will come down into Sulby Glen at a capital spot. I want you to come down just where the Sulby River turns northwards. Here there is a little chapel, and, 500 yards below, there is Bishop Murray's Bridge. Cross this, and go up a narrow lateral glen, where they have been trying for slate, and, I am sorry to say, have destroyed one of the sweetest little waterfalls and rock-basins in the British Isles. However, this bothers me more than you. Keep to the stream as close as you can, up to its source. You are walking S.E. by E. along the back of Snaefell. You can, if you choose, go up to the right, and climb the mountain. I do not recommend that. It is an unsatisfactory view, and the mountain itself is a very ugly, stupid affair. Come to the watershed. Bear a little to the N. of E. You will see, but avoid, the new road running toward Ramsey N.E. by E.

You will cross the old road from Ramsey to Snaefell, and strike the head of Glen Aldyn. Follow this glen right down Milntown, where you get on to the main road, which you saw last at Ballaugh. This takes you into Ramsey (two miles). An absolutely solitary walk from Ballaugh to Milntown. You can have a grand bathe in the Sulby River. For refreshments, I should try a cottage in Sulby Glen, where you first come down. You will get buttermilk and Oatcake at any rate. Give the people a trifle: the old free hospitality can't be relied on in these days : it is well to bear this in mind up Manx glens. The walk will take six hours. Sleep at Ramsey.

SIXTH DAY.

Go up North Barrule. The best way is to follow the "Old Douglas road," which turns up to the right a few yards above Ballaugh bridge. Descend straight to a little inn just E.of the mountain, and on the regular Douglas road. It is called "The Hibernia." Walk back towards Ramsey on this road. You go down a long hill, Slieu Lewaigue. Where it turns rather sharp to bear down upon Ramsey leave it, and turn to the right. At Lewaigue House, turn to the left.' The lane will lead you to Port-e-Vullen (pronounced " Port-a-Vullion"). Turn up the road which leads to Kirk Maughold Church ; but leave it almost immediately. Pass through a gate on the left, where there is a runic cross set up in the hedge. Now keep close to the sea. There is only a track. It leads round Ago Point (pronounce as an Irishman would, "ego"), just above an iron mine. Follow on. You can't go down to the water's edge. Just keep above the rocks. Less than a mile of this will bring you to St. Maughold's Well. It is in the seaward face of the steep hill. It is not so very easy to find. The danger is that you may pass above it; so you really must keep as close to the very cliff as you well can. You are not likely to pass below it without noticing the rushy damp look of the ground, which indicates that you are not far from it. Then climb to the top of Maughold Head, which they call "The Cairn" (pronounced "kern"). Now, whichever way you look, there is no view like this in the Irish Sea: I have heard George Borrow say this. Go down inland to the churchyard, which you can see from the top due W. From the little hamlet near the churchyard gate follow a road which leads S., by the back of Baldromma Farm, to Port Moar. Thence keep the coast to Corna harbour. Here turn up the stream inland, till you reach Ballaglass Waterfall. This I very much recommend. A little below the waterfall is a mill and bridge. Cross the bridge and proceed southwards. The road is a little intricate, running from farm to farm ; but say you want to go over the Barony. This is a good bit of moorland near the sea. It will lead you to the Dhoon. This is a fine deep Tayine, running down to the water's edge. Just above it, on the south side, you will find the Douglas road. Follow it to Laxey. There is a choice of roads at the top of this hill (Dreem-y-Keskeig). Take that which keeps closest to the cliffs. A little after Laxey Glen opens, I would strike a very old rough road down to the left, and descend to Lower Laxey, or Laxey-on-the-Sea. The two views of Laxey are those from the opposite headlands at the mouth of the glen. One you will have just had ; the other you will have as you go up on the other (Douglas) side. Don't trouble yourself about the big wheel, washing apparatus, and what not. [But, if you must, go up the glen to the hotel near the little church, and sleep there. Next morning, go up Glen Roy, N.W. of Laxey, and spend an hour there before starting for Douglas. Return to hotel for start.] Follow Douglas road till you pass asmithy. A few yards beyond this, turn down to theleft. A lane leads to the shore - Garwick. By no means miss this. Now, keep to the cliffs all the way to the Crescent, on Douglas Bay. Rather a long walk - say eight hours from Ramsey to Douglas. Quite solitary, except just about Laxey, and from the Crescent into Douglas.

SEVENTH DAY.

If you slept in Laxey, walk to Douglas as above. Have a car out to Braddan Church, and let it take you on to Injebreck, in Baldwin Glen. Return to sleep in Douglas.

ONE CAUTION. - Don't chaff the country people. Remember, the race is mainly Celtic ; and you will readily, but (I think) only to your disgust, elicit a coarse echo of your own fun. Talk to them quite simply and kindly, and you will like them very much. It makes all the difference.

HOW TO USE THE MANX RAILWAYS.

The following hints will be found useful to pedestrians who are desirous of taking advantage of the facilities afforded by the Manx railways in order to see various parts of the Island. These "hints" are furnished by a popular author who knows "every foot" of the Island. If the directions given are followed, the pedestrian will have opened to his view many charming spots which do not generally come under the notice of visitors.

THE PEEL LINE.

A. - UNION MILLS STATION.

(1.) Walk back by Braddan Church.

(2.) Turn back towards Douglas; but, just above the station, take a lane to the right. Through either of the two gates on the left, about half a mile on this lane, you can find a path across over to Ballastowell and the Vicarage. The view of the valley and mountains N.E. is very lovely. From the Vicarage, descend to the church by the ordinary road, and so back to Douglas. Time: From two to three hours (from Douglas Station.) Or, keeping along the lane from the Union Mills until it runs into the road between Foxdale and Douglas. Here turn to the left, and walk, by the Cooil and Kewaigue, into Douglas. Time: From three to four hours.
A pleasant variation of this would be to turn to the left again at the Cooil preaching-house, and go down, past the Vicarage, to the church. Time: Not over three hours.

(3) Turn up from the station (right) to the Strang. Keep straight on, and, over the hill, down into the valley of the Glas River, just below Ballaoates. Cross Sir George's Bridge, pass "Bobby Lewin's Mill," take first turn on right, and so, by Ballacreetch and Woodbourne (Tromode being down in the valley on your right), into Douglas. Time: Two hours.
A variation would be to keep up along the valley of the Glas (west side) by Ballaoates, past the paper mill about half a mile. Cross the stream, and, by a footpath, get to Balliargey ; thence, still by footpath, to Ballamenagh, where you get a road. Keep on towards Douglas (S.), and you dip into the little glen under Lark Hill. Thence to Douglas as above. Time: Three hours.
These are all very easy walks.

B. - CROSBY STATION.

(1.) Walk back along the Douglas road to Lewin's smithy, Here turn down to the right: the road will take you to Glen Darragh. Turn off to the left, and make up the hill by a nice looking place, which, I dare say, the people still call '' Captain Hayes's." At the top you will strike the Douglas and Foxdale road. 'Take it into Douglas as in A(2).

(2.) Walk back. A little on the Peel side of Lewin's smithy, turn up to the left. The road leads N.E. to Ballakelly. Turn to the right, and you will have a road on to the Strang by Virginia and Mount Rule. Thence by Quarter Bridge to Douglas. Time: three hours.

(3) Walk on towards Peel, past the Half-way House. See the old treen church (conceitedly and absurdly called "St. Trinian's") on the right. Get right under Greeba, which abuts upon the road at Greeba Castle. Just short of the Castle, go through a gate on the right. Pass through a fir plantation, in which there is a pleasure-house, and so, up and over a stone wall, on to the mountain. This is all charming picnic ground. Return to Crosby Station, and by rail to Douglas. Time: Ad lib.

(4.) Walk on as in (3); climb Greeba; go over it, and bear north. You will hit the head of Rhenass Glen. Descend : get return coach in time for the evening train at St. John's; thence by rail to Douglas. A most delightful excursion ; but only suitable for tolerably good pedestrians. There are some miles of mountain walking, but it is, on the whole, very dry. Time: Takes the better part of a day.

(5.) Go up Greeba as in B (4). Keep on the ridge for the next mountain - The Craig. Go down between the two, to the right ; and you will be in Baldwin Glen. Here inquire road to Douglas. Or, go down the face of the Craig mountain, past Ardwhallan farm. Get them to direct you to St. Luke's Chapel, which is on the hill between E. and W. Baldwin glens. There you will cross a few fields, and get into the road which runs down E. Baldwin glen, by the paper mill to Ballaoates; and so to Douglas, as in A (3). Or, keep on over the Craig mountain. and down into Injebreck (the head of W. Baldwin glen). Thence, by St. Luke's Chapel, into E. Baldwin glen; and so to Douglas, as above. Time: From three to five hours.

(6). Cross the line, to the left. You will easily find a steep road going W. Ask for Little Greeba. Leave the road and get on to this hill. You will soon be on the Bishop's Barony, and have fine open moorland to Foxdale. There is no regular road. Steer a little N. of W., making in fact for South Barrule, the high mountain which looks so close. You will soon be at Foxdale. Cross at the foot of the dam, and walk up the north shore. A road will take you to Foxdale School. So on to Castletown and Peel road. Then turn down, and you have a very pleasant walk to St. John's Station, all down hill. By rail to Douglas. Time: From three to four hours.

C. - St. JOHN'S STATION.

(1). Turn up to the right, and go to Rhenass (Glen Helen). Back same way. Time: Depends on trains; but no difficulty whatever. Be sure to see Tynwald Hill, close to station.

(2.) Climb Slieu Whallian, the mountain west of St. John's. Take the road to the left of the station. Then, first turn to the right. You are now on the Kirk Patrick road. Go up anywhere. It is steep. You can turn the mountain a little by slanting up on its S. side, past Slieu Whallian farm. It is an expedition for youngish folk. Keep along the top, westward. You will see Kirk Patrick Church before you. Nearly opposite to it you will find a pretty little glen going down. The bed of the stream is curious. It is worked into holes, which are called "'Trowl-pots." Go down to Kirk Patrick Vicarage. When you get on to the main road, just below the Vicarage, turn E. to St. John's. Back to Douglas by rail. Time: Take the day.
A variation would be, after getting off Slieu Whallian on to the main road, to go on W. to Glen Meay ; and walk from thence into Peel. There take train for Douglas. Time: The day.
N.B. - The Manx people are very jealous about trespassing. Be civil; don't patronise; be straightforward, but gentle; and you will carry your point.

(3.) Take road to the left. Walk straight up to Foxdale. On the mountain road beyond Foxdale, about the top of the ascent, you will find a rough road going up to some slate quarries on the right. Follow this. Or, rather take to the mountain (South Barrule), and walkaway N.W. I should go to the Cairn. Capital bleaberries near the top, on the east side. Go down on the other side into Glen Rushen, and follow the stream down to Glen Meay ; thence either to Peel or St. John's station, and back by rail to Douglas. Must be a goodish walker. Time: The day for this. It is a noble stretch.

(4.) Turn up to the right to the Tynwald-hill. Ask your way to Rock Mount. Short of Rock Mount you will see a steep road going up on the right. This is a bit of "Bishop Wilson's Road." Get up to the level. The road runs into another. Turn to the right, and at the next farm ask for Laurel Bank. Here descend into Glen Mooar. You will be about half-way on the road between St. John's and Rhenass (Glen Helen). Walk back by road to St. John's. There are two very fine views; one that of the Valley of St. John's, all down to Peel ; Peel Castle and the sea to the right as you look back: the other, a lychnoscope sort of peep above Laurel Bank down into Glen Mooar. Time of walk: About two hours.
A good vriation would be to pass Rock Mount, and go on to ee A curve on the right will lead into the road to r ank. A mere Pee elf am very fond of an extension of walk (4). Don't go down at Laurel Bank, but keep on ' Bishop Wilson's road, straight to Cronk-y-Voddey. Still straight on, and you will gradually descend into Glen Ballagawne, and pass the Spooyt Vane waterfall. The road is one of those blessed old amblements, half road, half common. It is exquisitely Solitary. You come out upon the road between Peel and Kirk Michael. Then turn west along this road, crossing Glen Cam, which is a stately creature. The loneliness of this western sea is something unparalleled. Getting towards Peel, a little west of Knocksharry, at a deep depression of the road, get over the hedge, and follow the dip to the sea. This is the White Strand. Thence keep the cliffs by Traie Fogog and Craig Mallin into Peel. This is a fair five hours walk ; but you will be in good time for the evening train to Douglas. Don't try it unless you like solitude. The walk might be shortened by turning to the left at Cronk-y-Voddey, and to the sea road, either by Lhergydoo, or Glen Broigh.

(6.) A walk for real pedestrians. As before to Rhenass. Up to waterfall, and over it ; follow the stream to a farm called Little London. Get the watershed (about E.) Descend into Sulby Glen. Follow this glen to its mouth at Sulby. Then turn west, along high road by Ballaugh via Kirk Michael into Peel. Or, rather, having seen the best part of Sulby Glen, which is the elbow at Bishop Murray's Bridge, turn up N.W., and over the hills, and on down Ballaugh Glen. It would be a little longer, not easier, to go down Sulby Glen as far as the glen mills. There turn up to the left by a road (S.W. and W.) You get on to the mountain land, and pass a Druidical circle (which, by-the-bye, I have never seen mentioned in any guide book, though it is a very perfect one), and you soon hit Ballaugh Glen. Descend it to Ballaugh village, and then take the highroad by Kirk Michael to Peel, or any of the stations on the Ramsey line of railway. N.B. - This really is walking. nse

Recently, I met a young German and a young Englishman who had just done this and I blessed them from my heart.

THE PORT ERIN LINE.

A. - PORT SODERICK STATION.

(1.) Return by the Howe to Douglas. It is much to be regretted that this delicious walk is not open all the way. The smaller proprietors near Port Soderick leave a generous margin inside of the cliffs, and nature shows her approbation by showering a very rain of colour upon this sweet selvage. Unfortunately, the boundary fence of the Nunnery lands is pushed out so as to grasp the utmost inch. At one point, nothing short of a chamois or a Blondin can avoid trespassing. I wish tickets licensing this very harmless liberty could be procured in Douglas. Still more do I long to see the nervously grudging limit thrown nobly back. As things are, however, the public are liable to be warned off, and most modest folk are, therefore, debarred from this very lovely walk. Time; One and a half hours.

N.B. - If spending the morning at Port Soderick, be sure to climb the cliffs at the S.W. corner of the bay, and walk by the coast to St. Anne's Head, returning same way. Time: One hour, at least.

(2.) At the Station, ask for the road past Ballashamrock, leading to the old Castletown-road Upon this road return to Douglas. The view inland from the top of Quine's-hill is very good. Time: One and a half hours, easy.

(3.) The same to Ballamona gate (old). Here is a chapel and smithy on the left. Behind them runsa lane. It will take you behind Oakhill, across the Oakhill stream by an old bridge, and out, through the farmyard of Middle, on to the coach road above Kewaigue. Follow this road, through Kewaigue, under the railway bridge, and so into Douglas. Time: Two hours,

Or, nearly opposite Middle gate, pass through a gate on the left (looking towards Douglas) by an ivy-covered cottage, through fields, to Pulrose Farm (not House). At the farm you come out upon the road leading from the Quarter-bridge to Richmond-hill, Turn to the right, and go down to the Quarter-bridge, and so on to Douglas. Or, at Ballaughton, turn into the well-known walk by the Nunnery leading to Douglas. Time: Two and a half hours,

N.B. - If you like a scrambling walk, follow the Oakhill stream up from the old bridge mentioned above; and, without road or path, trace it to the Castletown coach-road at the bottom of Richmond Hill Here, as you look E., you will find two roads: that on the right takes you, through Kewaigue, into Douglas ; that on the left leads to the Quarter Bridge. You may get up a little bewilderment by crossing the Castletown road, and trace the stream up to its source. The general effect may be defined as "snipey"; but there is a good deal of fine gorse. To make the sensation a complete one, I will leave you to find your way back to Douglas. I will only say that you ought to be able to hit Braddan Church on the road. :

(4.) The same to the lane behind Quine's Hill Chapel. Instead of following on the old-bridge, turn northwards. You will pass Cronkbane and Rose Hill, and come out on the top of Richmond Hill. Back to Douglas, either by Kewaigue or Quarter Bridge. Fine view E. from the top of Richmond Hill. Time: Three hours.

(5.) Go up the Crogga Stream, which runs into the sea at Port Soderick. Pass over, or under, the railway viaduct ; also cross the old Castletown road. Keep on the bank of this stream till you reach the new Castletown road, as it used to be called ; really, the well known old coach-road. Here you are at Mount Murray. Follow this road back to Douglas. This gives you a sudden burst of the vale of Braddan as you come to the top of Richmond Hill. Time: Three-and-a-half hours.

N.B. - There is nothing more delightful, nothing more coaxingly provocative of going on, than tracing up astream. Of course, you must expect no road, not even a path. Of course, also, you must trespass not a little; and I can only entreat those grand old fellows, the Manx farmers, to be lenient with you; nay, I hope they will be indulgent. A kindly greeting is a blessed thing: none but those who have wandered about a good deal can tell what a difference it makes. Of course you return and return again, and ever with a fresh delight return, to a place where everyone gives you a cordial welcome. It is no use being so frightfully particular about a strip of barley, or what not, a foot or so wide, coming to grief; about a stake or a "'clew" of gorse getting " draggled about a bit." I wish the Manx people were more liberal in this way. It is a liberality that would repay them. I know there would be churls who will abuse the kindness of the farmers; snobs who will chaff; and all that sort of thing. But let the farmers be well convinced that the great bulk of their visitors approach: them with every feeling of respect and goodwill; that they are sincerely desirous not only to see their lovely little Island, but also to know and be friends with themselves. Never turn a man off your land except when it be as absolutely necessary. I hope I may be pardoned. for this small concio ad agricolas.

(6.) Trace up the Crogga Stream asabove. At Mount Murray, turn for a few hundred yards towards Castletown. Here isa road leading N.E. behind Mount Murray grounds. Iwill bring you out, a mnile or so above the Cooil, on the Foxdale road. You can follow this road into Douglas, or leave it the Cooil, and go down, on the left, to Braddan Church, and so on to Douglas. Time: Nearly four hours.

B. - SANTON STATION.

(1.) Go down to Greenock, on the coast. Return to the old Castletown road - i mean the old, old road, which lies between the railroad and thesea. Follow this road to Douglas. The great thing is the view E. fromthe top of Crogga Hill. Itis a view!

(2.) Down to Greenock. Take the cliff line westward to Cass-ny-Awin, the unmistakeable stream and glen. Follow this stream up to a farmhouse. Here pass through the farmyard, and a lane, with a sharp elbow in it, will take you to Santon Church. Just where the elbow straightens for the church, you will find a tumulus in a field to the left. Pass the church, go down to the right into Greenock glen, and so up to the station. Thence back, by rail, to Douglas. Time (walking) : Two-and-a-half hours.

(3.) Walk along the line, on the coach-road, towards Castle town, till you come to Ballayonna Bridge. Now, follow up the stream. The next road that crosses it is that from St. Mark's to Marown. Turn to the right, and follow this road to an inn (a mere "' public") called '' The Travellers Rest." Ask them there to put you on the Douglas-Foxdale road. They could put you on a road which commands some wild views, and which would bring you out, on the Castletown coach-road, a little W. of Mount Murray. A mile's walk towards Castletown would bring you back to the Santon Station. The colours and attitudes of South Barrule, most delightful. Time: Walking into Douglas, three-and-a-half hours (or rather better) ; walking back to station, two-and-a-half hours.

C. - BALLASALLA STATION.

(1.) Take the road past the gable of the Sycamores, which leads to Ronaldsway. Where this road comes out on the coast, turn with your back to a gate and your face towards Ronaldsway, and try the echo. Ronaldsway is the large house built well out on the rocks, and facing Fort Island, Derbyhaven. Go down to Fort Island. Follow coast to Langness Point. Return to Derbyhaven along the shore of Castletown Bay. [Do you think you could arrange it to be sunset here?] Go into Castletown ; thence by rail tc Douglas. If you don't want to visit Castletown just now, turn up the lane E. of the College (Cockshot) ; you will come out at the Creggans Farm. Turn to the right, and so to Ballasalla Station. Time (walking) : Three hours.

(2.) Walk to Malew Church, and so into Castletown. Time: Three-quarters of aa hour.

(3.) Walk to St Mark's ; thence take Kirk Marown-road ; and afterwards as in B (3). This isto bring you into closer communion with the ineffable beauty of South Barrule. Time (walking): Three hours to Santon Station ; four hours to Douglas.

(4.) Visit the Abbey at Ballasalla. At the Old Bridge (formerly called the ''Roman Bridge"), begin to trace the river up. You will come to the Castletown and Peel road. Cross it. Follow stream to Grenaby. No roads; barely paths. You can bathe in this stream - the rock-basin kind of thing. At Grenaby, get them to put you on the road to Castletown. Time: Two and a half hours.

(5.) Same ; but just after climbing the hill on your way from Grenaby to Castletown, turn to the right (W.), and keep on till you strike the road just above the Ballabeg. See Arbory Church. Inquire your way into Castletown. Time: Three and a half hours.

(6.) Same to Grenaby ; but go on by the mountain road, past Grenaby School, through the mountain gate, and so up Barrule.

The ground is good ; you can go up anywhere. Itisas well, how- ever, to keep the road up.to the Round Table - the saddle between Barrule and Cronk-ny-Irey-Laa. Then strike sharp up to the right. Descend to same point. Take road on right (W.) of ravine ; and so down, through Ballabeg, to Castletown. Time: From five to six hours.

D,. - CASTLETOWN STATION.

(1.) Walk by the College and Derbyhaven to the point of Langness. Return same way. Time: Two hours.

(2.) Take a boat to Brown's Harbour, or Langness. Pic-nic. Scramble out on the Point as far as ever you can. On the other side, opposite to where you stand, is Dresswick, the scene of the wreck of the James Crossfield. Time: Ad Lib.

(3.) Walk by Queen-street to Scarlett. If low water, climb on to the Stack. Keep on to Poolvash. Turn up to Balladoole. A craggy mound on the left, just above the house, is sometimes called the '' Danish Camp." By the kindness of Mr Stevenson, any one may walk past the house and down the avenue. At the lodge, turn to the right and follow the highroad towards Castletown ; but, at the Windmill, turn in by = gate on the left, and keep on by the wall which encloses Westhill House and grounds. You wiil be surprised to observe what a difference of view is afforded by this trifling elevation. Come out on the Malew-road. 'Turn to the right, and enter Castletown by Malew-street. Or, at the 'Windmill, turn into the right. Keep along the hedge, and in a field on the left you will see a knoll. Make for this; it is just above Knock-Rushen House. The view is glorious. A path through the next field will lead you into Queen-street.

k }N.B. - Castletown would be an admirable "headquarters" for visitors who really love rest, quiet, and fine scenery. Its distant views are especially good.

E - COLBY STATION.

(1.) Go up the glen ; follow the stream well up into the moun- tain. Bear to the left. A rather long climb brings you out on the Slock, a magnificent point of view on the W. coast, at the base of Cronk-ny-Ivrey-Laa. Turn back, and where the road divides take that to the right. Near here are two singular eminences called the ''Carnanes." The road leads down by Surby, Ballachurry, and Fairy Hill, to Port Erin. Time: Two and a half hours. io N.B. - With the country folk, always call this place "Port

(2.) The same, only go on to the top of Oronk-ny-Irey-Laa ; returning as above. Time: Three and a half hours.

(3.)Either of the above ; but, instead of scrambling up the glen, take the good road on its W. side, by Bell Abbey.

F. - PORT ST MARY STATION

(1.) Boat to the Sugar-Loaf, Cave, and Chasms - the finest thing in the Island. A good boatman absolutely necessary. As a rule, it is no use trying to go on through the Sound of the Calf, and so to Port Erin. Return to Port St. Mary. Smooth water, or don't go at all.. Time: Three hours. :

(2.) Walk to the Chasms. It will save trouble if you geta small boy to show you the way as far as the Chasms. On to Black Head and Spanish Head, the Sound of the Calf, Craig-Naish, nearly following the coast; Druidical circle, mountain gate, Strooan-Snell glen, Port Erin. Very noble coast scenery indeed. Time: Three and a half hours.

G. - -PORT ERIN STATION,

(1.) A walk the reverse of F 2. Come to Port St. Mary station. Time: Three and a half hours.

(2.) A stroll up to Fairy Hill and back. Time: One hour.

(3.) Boat 'to the Calf. Good boatman needed. Time: Take the day.

(4.) Bradda Head. Keep along the top: descend to Flesh- wick. Return to Port Erin by road.

TO USE THE PEEL AND PORT ERIN LINES IN COMBINATION.

(1.) PORT SODERICK STATION. - Walk as in A 6. When you come out on the Douglas and Foxdale road, turn towards Douglas. Then take first turn on the left: you will come down to Union Mills. Train to Douglas. Time (walking): Three hours.

(2.) SANTON Sration. - Walk asinB3. From the Traveller's Rest, keep straight on and down, You will come out near Crosby S ation. Time (walking): Three and three-quarter hours.

(3.) Same as "B 3; but follow the stream up to Foxdale Reservoir. Keep on through Foxdale. Get on Castletown and Peel road, and descend to St. John's Station, on the Peel line. Time (walking): Four and a half hours.

(4.) BALLASALLA OR CASTLETOWN STATION. - Take the Castletown and Peel road over the mountain (common), by Fox- dale; to St. John's. Time: Four hours.

(5.) COLBY OR PoRT ERIN STATION. - Go up, from Colby, by the Bell Abbey road ; from Port Erin, by Surby. Hither will lead you to the Round Table, the level moor between South Barrule and Cronk-ny-Irey-Laa. Follow this road over the Round Table. It leads, by Dalby-and Glen Meay, to Peel. Or from the Round Table strike down Glen Rushen to the right. Follow the stream down ; it goes to Glen Meay. Thence to Peel, Time: Four hours.

(6.) The reverse of any of these walks.

THE RAMSEY LINE.

A. - BALLACRAINE STATION (PEEL LINE),

Up to the so-called Glen Helen. Then -

(1.) Keep along the Ramsey road, up Craig-willy's-hill, Cronk- y-Voddey. At the chapel, turn off to the left, and follow the road over the hill toward the sea. You will come out upon the northern line at Glen Broogh. Walk Peel-wardsto St. Germain's Station, thence rail to Douglas. ;

Time, according to stay at Glen Helen, but nearly a day's work, no hard walking.

(2.) Follow up Glen Helen to Little London, a mountain farm on the stream which makes the waterfall. Make for the mountains N.E. of you. Go right over them, and hit the most likely glen westward of Kirk Michael, the village below you. All these little glens run into Cooildarry Glen, which is, practically, Glen Wyllan. Go down the Ramsey road, and then you have about a mile to walk to Kirk Michael Station. Back to Douglas by rail. Time (walking), without much detention at Glen Helen, from the waterfall to Kirk Michael Station, two-and-a-half hours. This walk is a regular mountaineer; no use in misty weather. Its advantages are the getting well lapped in the more secret folds of the hills, and the fine views (if clear) of Peel, the sea, and Scotland.

B. - ST. GERMAIN'S STATION.

(1.) Reverse of A (1).

(2.) Get on to the old high-road from Peel to Kirk Michael; -

walk to Kirk Michael. The railway will be above you, the sea below. You will thus see Glen Cam (the crooked glen), a very good bit indeed. All the glens here are good, though small. At Glen Ballagawne, ask for the Spooyt-Vane (a waterfall). There is no good rock here, but it is a sweet place, and not far from the road. I fear it must suffer rather from the railway. The next glen is Glen Wyllan. Then you are close to Kirk Michael. I think it is quite worth while taking this walk. Return to Douglas by rail. Time (walking): One-and-a-half hours.

(3.) Go down to the sea at Knocksharry, or walk towards Peel as far as the second chapel (there is one at Knocksharry), and here go down to the "' White Strand." Keep the coast right into Peel. Peel Castle and Hill in view all the way. Return to Douglas from Peel Station. Anice bit for sauntering ; therefore say two-and a-half hours. (Excellent bathing, good sketching ground.)

C. - KIRK MICHAEL STATION.

1.) Reverse of A (2).

By Walk, on high-road, westward to Baregarrow. Hereturn up on the left. Is is a good, plain road, winds in behind these mountains and takes you down to Injebreck, at the head of Baldwin Glen. Thence to Douglas, by ordinary, well known routes. The best thing, beyond a certain loneliness and pensive dreariness (things not always to be despised), is going down at Injebreck. Time (walking): Five hours. :

(3.) Walk westward to Cronk Urleigh (villa sort of residence, flag-staff, very pleasant hill), Just short of this, in the dip, turn to the left, and follow stream into the hills. Make for the singularly deep combe in the N. face of Slieu-na-Fraughane, the mountain in front of you. Getting right into this combe, you will find it one of the steepest bits of hill-climbing in the Island. Go over the top; bear to the left, and you will strike the top of Ballaugh Glen, W. branch. Go down to Ballaugh Station. The glen is very good. Back to Douglas by rail. Time (walking) : Three-and-a-half to four hours; but you might spend much more, as the views are delightful and the solitude consummate.

REMARK. - The Kirk Michael mountains are solitary; a cottage here and there. In one, quite in the heart of the mountain, a man got up for me, once, in the middle of the night, and walked with me, in his shirt (strictly and absolutely nothing else), quite a quarter of a mile to guide me on my way. Certainly the night was one of June's balmiest; but what honest trust and heartiness !

(4.) A walk that looks so tempting: I merely mention it here to warn against it. This is the walk from Kirk Michael, by coast, to the Point of Ayre. Inconceivably depressing. It is much longer than you would think: will probably take you some eight ornine hours. When you are there, you only find a lighthouse, no place of refreshment within miles - in fact, practically, not before you get to Ramsey, another good two-and-a-half hours. are strictly limited to the sea, the inland view is quite shut from much the greater part of the way, and, for some miles, r Jurby Point, the ugliness of the clay cliffs is appalling.

D. - BALLAUGH STATION.

(1.) Reverse of C {3).

(2.) Walk up Ballaugh Glen to Riversdale: here it divides. You can take the right branch: this isa very secluded spot. It lieson ((3). But you could go up here, and, at the top, sweep round to the east branch: go down there, and so back to the station. [Higher up, heather; lower down, honeysuckles.] In the westward glen there is a farm where I have met with much kind hospitalizy yearsago. The farm is occupied by, and, I think, belongs to, Mr Boyd. You could not, in all Mona, have discovered a more genuine and more perfect specimen of a Manx farmer's I wonder whether any of the family are ether they remember the astonishment take the east branch; bear over t; strike Sulby Glen without anywhere you can. A good deal of the >. but, by bearing down to the left, you will c ulby Glen Mills. Here you will get down = nd a Druidical circle near the first farm you co ) ou leave the moor. Walk down to Sulby Station. Back to Douglas by rail. Time (walking): About eight hours. As the views, both near and distant, are fine, you ight well take a day for the whole excursion.

(4.) Walk to old Ballaugh Church. The church, perhaps, is not worth seeing; but the Rectory is a perfect, and now unique, specimen of an old Manx parsonage. Here is the very essence of "how we used to live." Draw near with reverence; some of our best and holiest have sanctified this spot. Back to station. The walk is not without beauty, physically, the view of the mountains, as you get a bit away from them, being very pleasant; but the main interest is something quite different - something which I know will be felt only by a few, and which I neither care nor, perhaps, dare to define.

E - SULBY STATION,

(1.) Walk, up Sulby Glen, to the mills, same as reverse of D (3), last part. Keep up glen. Cross at second stone bridge (Chapel), and go to Douglas either by following road or going over Snaefell. Time (walking) : From five to six hours.

(2.) Same to second stone bridge. Keep in the glen, going through the gate behind the Chapel; follow stream. School. Just beyond, pass through the gate ; a stream comes down on right ; turn up here, and have a good climb against the face of the steep hill. The view of the glen and mountains is lovely. Above this the glen runs into rather poor stuff; no rock, and the bed very shabby. I would, therefore, go no further, but return to Sulby Station; you will enjoy the views going down. The glen is the most beautiful in the Island, and on a sufficiently large scale to have finely contrasted effects, ascending and descending, You will not feel this to be a repetition, Iam quite sure. Back to Douglas by rail. Time (walking): Six hours, and, indeed, as many more as you like, for in this glen are to be had dreams.

(3.) Again up Sulby Glen to first stone bridge (Bishop Murray's Bridge). Go down to this, and cross. Here we used to havea lovely stream coming in from the east. A brutal slate quarry sprawls over it now. A rock basin, of the most delicate blue and grey, where I can remember the water like a bath for Diana, has actually been filled up with rubble. But persevere ; pass by the tomb of the dead Naiad; the little glen is steep and rough ; but you will like its shy ways, and come out behind Snaefell.

(a) There, if you take the first mountain road you come to, go down (left), and you come out by Primrose Hill and Ginger Hall (formerly a public house: don't think of a Hall in the ordinary sense, unless you are a Cumbrian), near Sulby Bridge. Go to station : back to Douglas by rail. Time (walking) : Five hours.

(b) If you keep on to second mountain road, it will take you down over Skye Hill to Milntown; thence by high-road (two miles) to Ramsey. Time (walking) : Six hours.

Note. - Skye Hill is, itself, a charming spot, and the views over the northern plain exquisite.

(c) Or you can keep right on across both reads, and, holding Snaefell on your right, and rather hugging him, hit the top of Glen Auldyn; then_go down by the glen to the high-road at Milntown, and so to Ramsey (as above).

(4.) Again up Sulby Glen: pass the Sulby Glen Mills: cross river by plank-bridge: go through farm yard, and right up the ravine eastward - nice climbing, not comfortable for elderly people. At top, follow stream about half-a-mile ; then keep to left, nearly due north. If it be August, you will come upon some astounding gorse. Views of Scotch coast (on a clear evening, rather late) enchanting. Hit the mountain road, and go down to Ginger Hall and Sulby, as in # (3) a. Time: Three hours-and-a-half.

Note. - Please don't ask for Kewish's house, and refuse all offers to enlighten you on the point.

(5.) A nice short walk. Simply make for Primrose Hill, behind Ginger). Climb this hill; the views are very charming.

Note. - We used to have a way of sliding down the slippery grassy slope. You might try the experiment. We used to laugh a good deal: try if you can catch an echo of that bye-gone laughter, or has it died away for ever among the hills? Back to station. Time: Ad lib. Good pic-nic ground.

(6.) Either from Sulby or Ballaugh, a walk might be taken out into the level country called the Curragh (gutturalize the gh strongly). On the whole, I would get out at Ballaugh, and walk on the Ramsey road nearly as far as Gob-y-Volley, the place where the mountain makes a bold stride right out upon the road. You will get a road on the left. I hope you will not be disappointed. What I want is that you should get into the Curragh feeling. The vegetation of the Curragh alone will impress you as something quite peculiar. But this is not all. In visiting a place like the isle of Man, you should try to sound every chord of interest, try to get yourself "rapt" into all the (little) great moods of its being. Now, the Curragh is one of these; the Curragh isa mystery. I don't think that many, even my oldest Manx friends, quite feel this as it ought to be felt. Read, if you can get it, Miss Nelson's poem on the Carrisdoo Folk. (How is it that the, more especially Manx, poems by this delightful authoress have never been re- printed?) With your map you ought to be able to work round along bye-roads back to Ballaugh.

(7.) From Sulby Station, walk to Point of Ayve, through Kir Andreas. First make for St. Jude's Church. Close to this is Ballachurry, and behind Ballachurry is a most isteresting old camp ("ames with gorse). On to Andreas village; the land being flat, the lofty church tower is a good guide in treading the some- what labyrinthine system of roads. At Andreas you can be directed to Kirk Bride, and so on to the "Point." You pass through a pleasant farming district ; and the views of the mountains (behind you, though) are very good. Indeed, no one knows what these mountains are capable of, unless he takes a good walk out into the northern plain, and, still better, on to the Kirk Bride hills, Time (walking), to Point of Ayre, five hours.

Thence to Ramsey, two hours-and-a-half, either by the shore, or by road, which runs a good deal inland, and would involve some repetition. The views as you rise on to the Kirk Bride hills are much finer than any one would imagine who has not been a good deal ''out and about" among the windings of this unpretending range.

At Point of Ayre gorgeous crimson and gold: one of the finest bits of heather in the Island, the pattern being of the tuft or hassock kind. [Some one ought to make a map of the Island, showing the great gorse and heather regions, distinguishing between spring and autumn gorse, and also giving the principat habitats of the hare bell.

Note. - General remark as regards Sulby Station.

It will be evident that Sulby is a great point of departure for walks; also, that, though these walks can be enjoyed by a person residing in Douglas, they are properly the possession of a tourist who settles down in Ramsey.

And now, dear friends, the air is quick with spring, the blackbird in the garden is bugling his very heart out ; the pheasant calls across the Avon, and I shall be soon off and away. Would that it might be to the darling old spot! However, you shall enjoy it, and learn to love it, and in your enloyment I may, perhaps, have some little share.

So much about the use of the Manx Railways to those who love pleasant, and not over laborious, walks. As a rule, don't calculate upon inns. Take something with you from Douglas.

And now, to all my brother pedestrians, a light foot and a merry heart.

Clifton College. T. E. BRown.

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ITINERARIES.

In addition to the towns, the tourist will find the following places well worthy a visit : -

The Calf of Man, Port St. Mary, Spanish Head, with its Chasms, Port Erin, and Fleshwick Bay (in the parish of Rushen).

Glen Meay, with its beautiful Waterfall, Dalby, Foxdale, with its aa and Hamilton Bridge Waterfall (in the parish of Patrick).

Derbyhaven, St. Michael's Islet, Hango Hill, and Ballasalla, with the Abbey of Rushen and Rushen Abbey Hotel and Gardens (in the parish of Malew). A

The Friary of Bimaken, Colby, and Poolvash (in the parish of Arbory),

The Ferk Fort, Greenwick, Cronk-ny-Marroo, Saltrick, and Cass-na-Awin (in the parish of Santon).

Glen Darragh, with the ancient stone circle, Crosby, not far from which are St. Patrick's Chair and the ruins of St. Trinian's (in the parish of Marown).

St. John's, Tynwald Hill, Rhenass Glen and Waterfall (in the parish of German).

Ballaskyr Glen, with the Waterfall (called Spooyt Vane), Glen Wyllyn, Glen Balleira, Glen Trunk, Cronk Urleigh (in the parish of Michael).

Vales of Druidale and Ravensdale (in the parish of Ballaugh).

The Lhane, where King Orry landed (in the parish of Andreas).

The Point of Ayre, with its Lighthouse, and Port Cranstal (in the parish of Bride).

Sulby Glen (with that popular resort, Tholt-e-Will and Olt, waterfalls, &c.), Glen Aldyn, Ballie Glen, Claughbane Glen, Port Lewaigue, and Port-e-Vullen (in the parish of Lezayre).

Maughold Head, with its famous well and ancient church, Port Mooar, and Cornah Haven, Rhenab Glen and falls, not far from which is Ballaglass Waterfall, the Dhoon Glen, hotel, and falls, and Glen Callan (in the parish of Maughold).

Laxey, with its Mines and Great Water Wheel, the beautiful Laxey Glen Gardens, Garwick, Glen Roy Falls, King Orry's Grave, and the Cloven Stones (in the parish of Lonan).

Groudale, Port Cooyn, Port-y-Artay, Glencrutchery, and the Nursery Grounds (in the parish of Onchan).

Injebreck, East and West Baldwin, and Port Soderick (in the parish of Braddan).

Mount Murray Hotel and Grounds, in the parish of Santon.

Jurby Point (in the parish of Jurby).

DOUGLAS TO CASTLETOWN (New Road).

Miles from Douglas.
½ - The Nunnery, where King Robert Bruce spent a night in the year 1313.
1 - Ruins of St. Bridget's Chapel.
1¼ - Junction with the old road.
1½ - Kewaigue.
2 - Middle Hill.
3 - Richmond Hill. The road on the right leads to Douglas, via the Quarter Bridge and Peel Road
3½ - Mount Murray Hotel and Grounds, which formerly belonged to Lord Henry Murray. Two roads branching to the right conduct to Glen Darragh, &c.
4½ - Road on the right leading to Old Fort, on the estate called Ferk.
5 - Road on the left conducting to Greenwick, &c.
6 - Ballalonney Bridge, said to be the scene of his Satanic Majesty's frequent exploits.
8 - Ballasalla Village: road on the right leading to Rushen Abbey Hotel and Grounds, Abbot Stone of Rushen, Ancient Bridge (mentioned by Camden), Port St. Mary, and Port Erin; that on the left to Cass-na-Awin, Derbyhaven, Langness, St. Michael's Islet and Derby Fort, and to the ancient battlefield of Ronaldsway.
9 - King William's College.
10 - Castletown.

DOUGLAS TO CASTLETOWN (Old Road).

Miles from Douglas.
1¼ - Junction old and new roads.
2¼ - Oak hill; new Church.
3 - Hampton Court.
3½ - Path on the left leading to Port Soderick. - Stone Circle on the estate of Ballakelly.
5¾ - Path on the left conducting to Greenwick; Cronk-ny- Marroo ; two Old Forts, &c.
7 - Santon Church.
9½ - Ronaldsway.
11 - King William's College; Hango Hill.
12 - Castletown.

DOUGLAS TO PEEL.

Miles from Douglas.
1 - Ballabrooie (i.e., the place of river banks), where a spa was discovered many years ago.
1¼ - Quarter Bridge ; Port-e- Chee mansion stands in the meadow on the right, one of the residences of the last Duke of Atholl in this Isle.
1½ - Kirby, the residence of Deemster Drinkwater, formerly the property of Colonel Wilks, Governor of St. Helena, is on the left side of the road; Braddan Churches (Runic Crosses), Road leading to the Cemetery, the Strang, Lunatic Asylum, Racecourse, Baldwin, and Injebreck.
2¾ - The Union Mills ; Dalrymple Memorial 'Chapel (Congregational) ; Road on the left conducting to Glen Darragh, Stone Circle on Mount Murray
4 - Road on the left leading to Glen Darragh, Treen Chapels, Stone Circle, Old Forts at Balla Nicholas, St. Mark's, &c. Slieau Chiarn ( the mountain of the Lord) in the distance. Marown Church; Aitkin's Castle.
4½ - Crosby Village ; the south road leads to Marown Old Church, St. Patrick's Chair, &c. ; the north road conducts across the mountains to Little London, Rhenass Waterfall, &c.
5 - Ruins of St. Trinian's Church ; the Round Meadow.
5¾ - Greeba Mountain and Castle.
6 - Northop.
7½ - Ballacraine ; Junction of roads leading respectively to Castletown, Douglas, Peel, and Ramsey.
- Tynwald Hill; St John's Railway Station; Cairn; Church of St. John the Baptist ; Runic Crosses ; Slieau-Whallan (i.e., the mountain of the whelp).
10 - Peel Cemetery ; Wesleyan Day School.
10¾ - Peel.

PEEL TO KIRK MICHAEL

Miles from Peel.
1¾ - Road on the left leading to the shore (White Strand).
2½ - Knocksharry estate.
3 - Glen Brough.
3¾ - A circular mound may be seen on an eminence to the right. Beneath it is a '" kist-vaen."
4 - Glen Cam (i.e., crooked glen). It forms the ecclesiastical boundary between the parishes of German and Michael.
5½ - Glen Mooar ; Cronk-y-Berry, where cinerary urns have been found ; road on the right leading to Spooyt-Vane Waterfall etc
6½ - Glen Wyllin, the Insular Montpellier.
7 - Michael Court House, Village, and Church.

CASTLETOWN TO PEEL.

Miles from Castletown.
1¼ - Malew Church ; road leading to Port Erin, Arbory, Colby, Fleshwick.
2 - Ruins of Rushen Abbey ; ancient bridge called the Crossac
4½ - Road conducting to St. Mark's, Fort at Balla Nicholas, &e. ct - In this neighbourhood formerly stood the '' Black Fort," mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in " Peveril of the Peak," South Barrule, height 1584 feet.
6 - This milestone is 692 feet above the level of the sea. (This is a good point from which to ascend South Barrule.)
6¼ - Foxdale Mines. 1 Water fall at Hamilton Bridge. ;
7¼ - Ballacraine, and road to Glen Helen.
9½ - St. John's Chapel, Tynwald Hill.
11 - Cemetery, Wesleyan Day Schools.
12 - Peel.

DOUGLAS TO RAMSEY (via Laxey).

Miles from Douglas.
½ - Villa Marina, Marine Promenade, and Iron Pier.
1 - Castle Mona, formerly the residence of the Duke of Atholl ; Falcon Cliff.
1¼ - Strathallan Crescent and Park, and Derby Castle Pleasure Grounds.
2 - Onchan Village, St. Catherine's (Runic Crosses), Nursery Gardens, Onchan Church (Runic Crosses), road on the right leading to Groudle, road_on the left conducting to Glendhoo, Cronk-ny-Mona, Ballacreetch, Tromode, and : through Keppel Gate, to Snaefell and other mountains.
3¼ - White Bridge and Hill.
5 - Road on the right leading to Old Church of Lonan (Runic crosses), and Groudale.
5¾ - Cloven Stones, ancient Fortified Hill, path leading to Garwick.
7 - New Church of Lonan.
8 - Laxey Village, Mines, Laxey Glen Gardens, Great Water Wheel, Lord Henry's Well, King Orry's Grave, Stone Circle, road leading to Snaefell.
10 - Dhoon Glen and Glen Callan, hotel, waterfall.
1½ - Road on the right leading to Ballaglass Waterfall, Cornah, Maughold Church, Port Lewaigue, &c.
12 - Rhenab Glen and falls.
15 - Ballure, Ballure Bridge, Albert Tower.

DOUGLAS TO RAMSEY, (via Ballacraine).

Miles from Douglas.
1 - Ballabrooie.
1½ - Quarter Bridge : Port-e-Chee.
1¾ - Kirby, Braddan Old and New Church.
2¾ - Union Mills, Railway Station, Dalrymple Memorial Cons gregational Chapel.
4½ - Crosby and Railway Station. 54 - Ruins of St. Trinian's Church.
5¾ - Greeba Mountain, Tower, and Castle.
7½ - Ballacraine.
8 - Ballig Bridge and Cronk-y-Killey. Glen Mooar and Glen Helen.
9½ - Rhenass Suspension Bridge and Waterfall.
10½ - Summit of Craig Willie's Hill.
11 - Cronk-y-Voddy (i.e., hill of the dog); Church of St. John the Evangelist ; road on the left leading to the old fort, on the estate called Corvally, Manninan's Chair, Spooyt Vane Waterfall, Treen Chapel, &c.
11½ - Glen Cannell.
12½ - Ballaskyr Glen. .
13 - -Baregarrow, where the Rev. John Wesley stayed when on the Island ; road on the left leading to Spooyt Vane Waters fall, Cronk Chukeley, Cronk-y-Berry, and Glen Mooar.,
13½ - Cronk-y-Urleigh (¢.¢., the hill of the eagle); where the Tyn- wald and other Courts were formerly held.
14½ - Michael Village and Church; Runic Crosses and Bishop Wilson's Tomb; roads conducting respectively to Glen Wyllin, Glen Belleira, and Glen Trunk.
15 - Michael Vicarage ; nearly opposite is an ancient barrow.
15¼ - Cronk-y-Crodda, where sepulchral urns have been found.
15½- Mitre Cottage.
16 - Bishop's Court and Bishop Wilson's Memorial Chapel, the residence of the Bishop of Sodor and Man; Bishops Glen; Road on the left leading to Orrisdale, Kiel Pharlane, &c.
17½ - Ballaugh Village and Church, Runic Crosses at the Old Church, road on the left conducting to Druidale and Ravensdale; mountain road thence to Injebreck, and on to Douglas. =
19½ - Sulby with its romantic glens, Tholt-e-Will and Olt (Snaefell may be ascended from this glen); road on the left leading to Jurby, Andreas, &c.
22 - Lezayre Church. : : :
23 - Skye Hill, a famous hill in Manx history : Milntown.
24 - Ramsey.

BALLASALLA TO PORT St. MARY AND PORT ERIN.

miles from Ballsalla 8 miles from Douglas, 2 miles from Castletown ; Stone Bridge: Abbey of Rushen, or Russin, founded in 1134; road to the right leads to St. Marks. Lime-kilns and Quarries.
½ - Ballasalla oe cross-four roads; that on the right leading to St. John's or Ballacraine; that on the left to Castle- town and Malew Church. a z
1 - Crescent Cottage; stream of water bounding parishes of Malew and Arbory. Wayside cottages on the estate of Ballanorris. :
2 - Road on the right leading to Ballabeg, Arbory, the Friary, Arbory Village, the Post Office ; road leading to Arbory Church, the Vicarage, and Schoolhouse.
4 -Colby Bridge and Village; Colby Glen and hotel to the right above the Bridge ; boundary of parishes of Malew and Rushen ; Bell Abbey. :
4½ - The Level ; Cross-roads - the right leads to Port Erin ; Ballacorkish Mines; Ballagawne Mansion ; road to the left to :
5 - Rushen School-house, Church, and Vicarage. Ballakilley.
5½ - Cross-four roads, leading to Port St. Mary, Castletown.
6 - Rushen Church and Port Erin.
6½ - Port Erin.

PORT ST MARY TO CASTLETOWN(Shore Route,)

Miles from Port St. Mary. Road to Creigneish and the Chasms.

1 - Mount Gawne. =
1¼ - Kentraugh. Road on the right to Colby.
3½ - Ruins of Keil Vael Chapel ; Balladoole Mansion and Estate ;Poolvash Quarry.
4½ - Castletown.

RAMSEY TO POINT OF AYRE.

Miles from Ramsey.
1 - Sandy Road ; Windmill; St Olave's Church to the right.
2 - Road to the right,-Moorhill; remarkable mound called Cronk Clust.
3 - Grenaby ; Ballacrink; Ballakilley.
4¾ - Ballacowle and Ballamoar.
5 - West Kimeragh ; Parish Church and Village of Bride.
8 - Point of Ayre.