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

—enoughFovclalc Lead Mines, die. 131gave so mucli attention to the physical features as well asthe history of the island :" The rotmded form of the momitaiii summit'', -which must strike every Tisitorwhen he first catches sight of Jlona, is due to the fact tliat, having been, in vastbygone ages, elevated by volcaixic agency from the depths of ocean, they were,at a subsequent period, submerged into a sea of an arctic character, and, standingin the midst of a current charged with ice-floes and icebergs, were grooad down,rounded off, and poUshed.''Foxdale Lead Mines, near the Granite Mount, andaccessible from the main road, should be visited. About ahundred tons of lead are obtained every month from thesemines, and from each ton from fifteen to twenty ounces ofpure silver are extracted.Hamilton Waterfall is a picturesque bit, by the roadside,near the bridge. In rainy weather, it pours down a fulltorrent some thirty feet, over a ledge of clay schist, into awooded hollow. The view down the valley from this pointis very picturesque. It becomes more so as we descend ;and it is refreshing, after the desolate and treeless wildnessof the gi-anite district through which we have passed,to look upon such a rich combination of wood, water,and rock as here presents itself before us.At Foxdale, the tired pedestrian— for even when surroundedby scenery so charming, our physical powers willat last give way, and cry, " " Hold ! ! — may utilizethe new railway, recently opened to that village. But theyoung and active will elect to finish their walk, especiallywhen they are told that they are only some two miles fromSt. John's junction; and our " carriage friends " have noneed of the train. As we approach the station, we passbetween two mountains, or rather a hiU and a mountain,Kennatjarroo, cultivated to the top, being on the right, andSlieu Whallin rising precipitously on our left. Why thisname, which means " the hiU of the whelp," was given, weknow not. Tomists do not make excursions in the nighttime,so they are not likely to hear the moans and cries ofthe poor creature, the reputed witch, who is faithfullybeheved to haunt the mountain [see p. 103). As, however,we do not ^•ish to be misunderstood, we assure our friendsit is by no means certain that the cries would be heard,even if anybody were adventurous enough to visit SlieuWhaUin at the "noon of night."The road from Foxdale to St. John's is part of that whichconnects Castletown and Eamsey; so that if we turn ourfaces southwards, on leaving the mining village, we shall in