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

Baregarrow. 137roads, vary the landscape over which the pleased eye wanders.Little streams here and there reflect the glances of the sunshine.The hill descends steeply on the left, and for awaywe may trace the outline of the tall chffs on the sea shore,Orry's Head, and other prominences, and beyond, on the seawaves out towards the horizon, not unfi-equently may beseen the thin line of smoke which marks the passage of aScotch steamer. Looking ahead, on a very clear day, thereis a hazy outline which we are told is the Mull of Galloway,so that we can say, without drawing too largely on our senseof moral responsibilitj^, that we have had a view of a littlebit of Scotland.Then the road skirts the base, or, indeed, runs partly onthe side of Sarffell, one of the loftiest mountains in theisland, 1,560 feet high, a huge mass of shale and schist, inenormous layers, with caves and excavations made in searchof slate, which the explorers employed by a Belfast companyfailed to find. The lower part of the mountain is coveredwith a scanty herbage ; and shoep find their way to apparentlyperilous positions, and nibble calmly at elevations and onnarrow ledges, with an indifference to danger which appearsstrange to those persons who are acquainted only with thetimid side of a sheep's character. A little farther on, andnot quite so near to the roadway, is another mountain, Slieune-Fraugliane(1,G02 feet), also the scene of unsuccessfulmining operations.Baregarrow is a small hamlet, which will have a specialinterest for many visitors, as being the place where JohnWesley preached, when visiting the island. A neat littleWcsleyan Cliai^cl marks the spot. Four roads meet here,one running across the island, across the central mountainregion to Laxey, and passing on its way the extensive farmand estate of Druidale. The road is now comparativelylevel, and runs through a charming and fertile district. Thecottages and villas by the wayside are embosomed in flowei's.On the left hand, near the road, is a mount, surmounted bya flagstaff. It is the Hill of liencurliug, or CronJc Urleigh("hill of the eagle"), and was the predecessor of the existingTynwald Hill {described on pp. 103-5), as the place wherethe dignitaries of the island met and promulgated the laws.One memorable event took place there in August, 1422,when the commoners of the island were convened by SirJohn Stanley ; the result of the meeting being that thecivil power became superior to the ecclesiastical power in theisland. Early in the present century, Bishop Cregun built