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

JiHE PIEB HSAB, £AUSEY,THISTHE TOWN OF RAMSEY.nortlaeru port and watering place, at vvLich wealighted at tlie close of our last chapter, is rapidly risinginto importance. And not witliout good reason ! It issituated on the shores of a lovely bay, scarcely second tothat of Douglas itself— (indeed, it is voted L3' others besides theinhabitants of the town superior to it, but that is a matter ofopinion on which it is not our province to decide) ; some of themountains (uotablj-, Suaefell itself) and many of the falls arequite as readily reached from it as from the capital of theisland ; there are numerous charming walks and excursionsavailable to its residents and visitors (of these -ue shall discoiu'sehereafter) ; and if it has not the gaiety of the southerntown—well, gaiet}' is not always desu'ed by holidaj^-makers,especially if they are in search of rest and recniited health.There ai-e any number of pretty residences lining the shoreand pitched in almost every available position in the town ;its hotels and boarding-houses are sufficiently numerous andwell-managed ; and the marketing facilities in its olderportion are such as to induce many who are not tied for timeto make it their head-quarters during their stay in the island;10