Ward & Lock's descriptive and pictorial guide to the Isle of Man ...

liOUND TOWER, PEEL CASTLE.DOUGLAS TO PEEL.may take our choice of conveyance for this excursion.WEYoung and vigorous tourists will enjoy the walk, asthe distance is only eleven miles ;but less energeticpersons can go by train or car. The table of faresgiven at page 24 affords information as to expense. Theroad runs nearly parallel to the rail, but is more elevated,and of course the facilities for enjoying scenery are muchgreater in an open vehicle than in a railway carriage.The Peel road from Douglas is a continuation of BucksHill, and passes the old and new churches of Braddan, whichwe have already visited. Union Mills, and the pretty Uttlecluster of houses at Glenvine and Marown. Is ear at hand,on the left, the chimney of the Great East Foxdale Minerc'ars its tall head on the estate of Ellerslie ;and a little farther,on the right, a large castellated building, apparentlyincomplete, which some folks speak of as Aitken's Castle,but others more irreverently describe as " Aitken's Folly."The Rev Eobert Aitken, a Wesleyan minister, but afterwards