Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...white bands, lies, in three fathoms and a half, a quarter of a mile W.N.W. of the 9ft. patch. Bearings and distances from Lynus Lighthouse.--Great Orme's Head bears from Lynus Light S.E. J E., distant fifteen miles and a half. Chester Bar, E.S.E., twenty-nine miles and a half. N.W. Light-ship, Liverpool, E. J S., twenty-three miles. Walney Light, E.N.E. northerly, fifty-four miles and a half. St. Bee's Head, N.E. J N. northerly, seventy miles. Bahama Light-ship, N.N.E., fifty-five miles. Douglas Head, N. by E., forty-four miles. Chicken Rock, ' N.W. by N. i N., forty-two miles. Carlingford Light N.W. i N. northerly, seventy-three miles. The sound between Puffin Island and Anglesea is well marked, and there is 15ft. in the channel at low-water. At the E. point of Anglesea, called Trwyn Du, is a lighthouse joined to the island by an iron bridge, covered at highwater. The tower is circular, and painted in black and white horizontal bands. It is 61ft. high, and from it, at an elevation of 96ft. above high-water, a fixed red light is shown, visible twelve miles, except where it is hidden by Puffin Island. There is a rock on the seaward side, 30yds. distant, with less than 6ft. on it. A fog-bell is sounded three times in quick succession every 15sec., in thick weather. Puffin Island, or Priestholm, is 800yds. from Trwyn Du. It is about half a mile long by 300yds. wide. On the central part of the island is an ancient tower, and at its N.E. end is a white building, formerly a telegraph station, but is used occasionally by a Natural History Society, of Bangor. The buildings look dilapidated and unused. The island is mostly steep-to, except off its S.W. extremity. Here a ledge of rocks runs out in a curving direction towards the S.S.W. for a quarter..