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come sufficiently ncar the rocks, and the presence of - these boats s especally welcome in bad weather, as the only mceans of communication with the shore. During the season when birds migrate, the keeper who comes ofl duty at night often catches a number of them about the lantern, being attracted by the glare. At midnight last Chrnstmas love, no {

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fewer than three hundred lapwings, with a few larks, thrushes, and plovers, were sceured i the course of a few hours. In winter months the men are fond of reading: but cards, draughts, bagatclle, and such hobbics as fretwork and pieture-frame making offer superior attractions, On a fine summer's day 1t s delightfully quict in the lantern, the gcntl lashing of the waves and sulb- ducd lmmmmg of the wind being the only sounds that reach the car. DBut there are times, as the fury of the tempest beats upon the massive tower and the Dlinding flash of lightning permeates every apartment. when the men in their solitude cannot fail to he impressed by the mighty power and majesty ol Nature's forees ‘s then that the roaring sca rises mountains high, dashing with thundumu rear upon the sunuundm‘f

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reef, the huge waves sometimes leaping up the tower to break with great force under the lantern gallery. 1t was a terrible experience, cver Lo he remembered by the light-keepers, when, on the night of the blizzard i March, 1391, the lantern was partly cm- Ledded i snow, entirely obscuring the light on one side, and cffec- tually Dloc king up the exit. The ctorm was of such scverity that nothing could be done to clear away t obstruction till the next morning, when the tempest had abated.

At midnight T turn into onc of the berths, l)ut my attempt to sleep begins as a failure, owing princi- pally to the pulodlcal Clanking of the winding gear, and partly, no doubt, to the novelty of the situa-

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tion ;. on the second mght, however, T am meve successtul. Although busy during myoostay with sketehing and observations, | soon begin to feel that life in a hght- house has its disadvantages, not the least of these being the sensation of extreme