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AN ATTER-DIMNMER CHANTL

—decidedly cosy and serupulously clean, with a specially made cookingrang: and

cvery domestic convenience. Although the

cranite walls arc exposed (as 1 cevery room), their bareness s relieved by shelves and a

dresser, containing pots, pans and dishes

while a bookease filled with read- able volumes (supplied by the Trinity House, and frequently changed) adds to the general appearance of comfort. On the hob stands a kettle of abnormal dimensions,

and a window

15 converted

for the nonce

mto a meat

safe. the sus-

pended legs g of mutton kept BT fresh by ex- posurc to the coolair. Here I am shown some interest- S R I ing relies of PRI the Smcaton ltghthouse, Viz., o tea-can- ister (probably a century old, and still in use)

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and some tools of little utility. Still - ascend- mg, we o reach - the Tow-light room, devoted mainly to an ap- paratus for giv- g a white fixed subsidiary heht, the ravs from two powerful arcand burncers with reflectors bemye sent through the op- posite window at night, to mark some dangerous rocks known as the Hand Deeps about three and ahalt miles dis- tant. "Themedi- cine chest also nds o place here. I he

ciechth compartinent 15 the bedroom, having five berths (two above and three below) with cretonne curtains, and below arve cupboards for clothes @ the two speaking-tubes fixed on the wall are connected with the lantern low-light

and respectively, so o that the keeper on night duty can casily communicate with his sleeping mates should an accrdent

room

THE LOW-TIGHT ROOM,