[28] Smiles, “Lives of the Engineers,” ii. 38.
[29] “Smeaton and Lighthouses” (edit. 1844), pp. 57, 58.
[30] Smiles, “Lives of the Engineers,” ii. 45.
[31] Robert Stevenson, “Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse,” p. 17 (Edit. 1824).
[32] Stevenson, “Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse,” p. 23.
[33] A “park,” Scottice for a “field.”
[34] Is it necessary to remind the reader that Honduras, on the Bay of Campeachy, is famous for its mahogany?
[35] Written by the great novelist in the Album of the Lighthouse, when he visited it in 1816.
[36] Stevenson, “Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse,” p. 125. To prevent the repetition of useless references, we would here acknowledge that in the following pages we have closely followed Mr. Stevenson’s own narrative.
[37] Stevenson, “Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse,” p. 157.