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

—tO-CLAS HEAD AND LIGHTKCC3EHHOW TOGET ABOUT THE ISLAND.AVING reaclieil the islautl, the tourist has the choiceof travelHng about by the roads, or byThe Island Railways.Tlicre are two local companies in the island—the Isle ofINIan Railway, whoso line consists of two branches, onerunning from Douglas to Port Erin, in the south-west cornerof Mona, and the other from Douglas to Peel, about midwayon its western coast ; and the Manx Northern Piailway,whose line runs from Fosdale, in the southern interior (witha junction with the other line at St. John's station, threemiles from Peel), to Piamsey, the chief town in the north ofthe island. We subjoin a list of the stations, with the objectsof interest which may be visited from each:THE CASTLETOWN LINE.From the Port Sodcriek station, ths road by the cliffa,eastward, leads you to-•wards Douglas, and westward toward Castletown.Santon station will aUow you to explore the coast. Westward from GreenockBay will take you to Cass-na-Howin.Ballasalla station will give you a nice walk into Derlayhaven and Langness,thence to Castletown ; or by Kushen Abbey and Malew church to Castletown.From Castletown, you can make a variety of charming excursions to Langness,Poolvash (where you wiU find fossils in the limestone).