LEECH'S
GUIDE and DIRECTORY
of the
ISLE OF MAN
ITS
Scenery, History, Popular Customs, &c

PAGE

Directory

Preface

7

CHAP.

I.

-General Description of Ramsey as a Watering Place its Capacious Bay, &c.

26

II.

Ballure Glen, and Albert Tower

15, 19

III

Glen Aldyn, its Cresent Shape and Scenery,

21

IV

Snaefield

23

V

Lezayre, the Garden of the Island

23

VI

Maughold, its Venerable Church

33

VII

Point of Ayre Lighthouse

88

VIII

Kirk Andreas and North Baroole

41, 42

IX.

-Kirk Michael Church, Bishop Wilson's Tomb,Runic Crosses, Bishop's Court, Ecclesiastical History, Ballaugh

44

X.

Tynwald Hill and Peel Castle, how to Visit

57

XI.

Laxey, its prosperous Lead Mines, Laxey Wheel,Works,.

62

XII

Manx Herring Fishery

67

XIII

-Trout Fishing, where to go,

74

Boating and Fishing

79

XIV

Civil History, Stanley Succession,

81

Legends,.

91

XV

Douglas, its Town and Neighbourhood

95

XVI

Castletown, Ballasalla, Rushen Abbey, Calf of Man

99

XVII.

Boating, Conchology, Natural History

104

XVIII.

Civil Government, List of Governors, Height of Mountains, Civil Courts, Population

112

National Anthem, " Mollacharane," and Original Manx

122

Hymn for all Nations, and Manx Translation

126

XIX.

Popular Customs and Superstitions

128

Duchess of Gloucester, and Peel Castle

142

XX

-Trade, Commerce, and Agriculture

155

Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor
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