BLACK'S GUIDE
TO THE
ISLE OF MAN

SECOND EDITION

EDINBURGH : A & C BLACK

MDCCCLXXXVIII

 

CONTENTS.

PAGE
INTRODUCTION
1
VOYAGE ROUND THE ISLAND
9
DOUGLAS
11
VICINITY OF DOUGLAS
19
RAMSEY
29
VICINITY OF RAMSEY
34
LAXEY
39
CASTLETOWN
48
CASTLETOWN TO PEEL
55
TYNWALD HILL
57
WALKS NEAR CASTLETOWN
59
PORT ERIN TO PEEL
64
PORT St. Mary AND VICINITY
65
CALF ISLAND
72
CHICKENS LIGHTHOUSE AND VICINITY
74
PEEL
77
SNAEFELL
87
NATURAL FEATURES OF THE ISLAND
90
CLIMATE
92
GEOLOGY
93
BOTANY
102
ANGLING
106
ADMINISTRATION
107
LANGUAGE
112
ANTIQUITIES
118
HISTORY
120
BIBLIOGRAPHY
131

[This second edition is identical to the first edition of 1883 except for an update to reflect the new shipping lines that briefly completed with the IoM Steam Packet Company.]


Frontispiece - "Douglas"

[This guide book is unusual in that it contains but 2 illustrations (and one is a simple line drawing) - it does however have detailed plans of the four major towns which have been redrawn from the 1868 O/S plans but with some attempt to reflect later developments though these additions are not always accurate e.g. the Peel plan placed the "New Church" (now the Cathedral) in the wrong place. The 3rd edition of 1893 had updated plans and also additional regional maps]


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