[C] The wind is calculated to travel at the rate of eighty-two feet in a
second; the pace of a steam-engine, at the rate of sixty miles an hour,
would be rather more.
The Lighthouse.
I.--THE EDDYSTONE.
II.--THE BELL ROCK.
III.--THE SKERRYVORE.
The Lighthouse.
"Far in the bosom of the deep,
O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep:
A ruddy gleam of changeful light,
Bound on the dusky brow of night;
The seaman bids my lustre hail,
And scorns to strike his timorous sail."--SCOTT.