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

180 Guide to the Isle of Man.•will prefer visiting them on wheels, and therefore we combinethem in one trip.Glen Mona,or, as it was called before it was opened out, " The Rhenabor Barony Glen," is the nearest to liamsey. It is approachedby the road branching to the left, immediately after passingthe Dlioon Church. The drive to the entrance to the glen isby a picturesque country road, skirting the side of the hill,whence excellent views of the northern range of hills areobtained. The glen itself is well wooded and abounds inquiet nooks and corners, and there are w^aterfalls that cancompare with those in Sulby Glen, the Dhoon, &c. In springboth sides are clothed in verdui'e, which, when the autumntints begin to appear, presents a charming variety of colour.The shore is very steep at the bottom of the glen, but it is freefrom rocks, and was therefore selected as the spot where thenew submarine cable to St. Bee's, in Cumberland, was laidin 1885.Eegaining the high-road, we next reachDhoon Glen,about six and a half miles from Eamsey, and tv/o and a halffrom Laxey, on the left-hand side of the high-road. Itis easily found, but to prevent any mistakes the proprietorhas placed a notice board at the head of the bye-road leadingto it, indicating that that road leads " To the Dhoon Glen."After taking this bye-road, care must be taken not to turn tothe left down a path aj^parentlj' leading to the shore, but tokeep on the road, past the quarry. The entrance to the glenis by the sideof Hazel Cottage, wherein the proprietor resides.Here refreshments maj' be procured, horses stabled, &c. Atm'n to the right leads at once to the head of the glen, andthe little stream, the NuUigs, rushes over the rocks at thisspot and forms the first fall. There is a large j)lantationhere which is excellently adapted for large picnic parties.From this place to the lead mines, a short distance down theglen, several rustic bridges cross the stream, and excellentviews of the dells are obtained. But it is below the minesthat the glen opens out into a grander [Aid more picturesquebeauty. The footpath that has been cut along the side of themoiiutaiu torrent leads through a labyrinth of trees, andfinally brings us to a larger bridge that crosses the streamabout half-way down the principal waterfall. Our illustrationrepresents this spot in the glen. The fall makes two leaps.