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

ISl Guide to the Isle of Man.of 500 feet above the sea level. In 1818, two lighthouseswere erected to warn vessels against a dangerous reef knownas the Chickens, covered by the waves at high water. Amagnificent lighthouse was completed on this rock in 1875,and the Calf lights have been superseded. Landing on theCalf is not always easy work, the sea running rough, andtaxing the energies even of the experienced boatmen, whotake visitors ashore. Near the south harbour, protected bya lofty headland, is a remarkable isolated rock, more than100 feet high, having a remarkable perforation formed bythe action of the sea on the rock, and known as the " Eye,"through which the sunlight sometimes puts its rays, producinga very striking effect.Two other remarkable isolated rocks are the Barrough andthe Stack.On the western side of the Calf, and on very high ground,are the ruins of a hut, about 3G feet long and 10 feet wide,known as BushelVs House. According to the current tradition,this building was erected by a man named Bushell, afollower of the great Lord Bacon, in the reign of James I.Having engaged in some mining speculations which at firstpromised well, but which, owing to the sudden downfall anddeath of his patron, proved a failure, and involved him inruin, he retired from the Court, and spent three years " inthe desolate island called the Calf of Man, where," he states," in obedience to my dead lord's philosophical advice, I resolvedto make a perfect experiment upon myself for thoobtaining a long and healthy life (most necessary for sucha repentance as my former debauchedness required), as bya parsimonious diet of herbs, oil, mustard, and honey, withwater sufficient, most like to that of our long-lived forefathersbefore the Flood (as was conceived by that lord),which I most strictly observed, as if obliged by a religiousvow, till Divine Providence called me to more active life."How long this lover of salads really lived we know not.Another tradition is recorded by Mr. Wood, whose "Account"of the island we have previously quoted, of a person who, inthe reign of Queen Elizabeth, had murdered a most beautifullady in a fit of jealousy, and took refuge in the desolatenessand seclusion of this islet.Traces of the foundation of an old Cliapel, built in the formof a cross, are found on the highest part of the Calf. Thebuilding itself was pulled down long since for the sake of thestones, required for some building purpose. The existenceof an Ancient Monuments' Preservation Act applying to