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

sLocal Bailways and Cars. 23If you stop at Colby station, a visit to the glen will repay you ;and if you followthe stream to its source in the mountain and then strike to the left, the viewwill be wi'll worth all the trouble, and you can thou descend to Port Erin. Afterdinins iit P.irt Erin, ascend the hill to your left by a lane that goes up from thevillat,'.^ ; this will lead you to the line Druidieal circle on the top of the hiU, you canthenkcep on for Creig Neish, a remarkably quaint little village, and the Chasms,and then down to Poit St. Mary, where you will get the train for Douglas.THE PEEL LINE.At Union Mills, you alight on the main road to Peel. To the left a road leadsto the Strang Lunatic Asylum, &c., and the many pleasant excursions whichradiate from it. You can also take the road between the two churches and thenkeep to vour right, which will lead you past the Vicarage House into the Cooiland Foxdale road, "mien you come to Ihe jiretty little Wesleyan chapel at theend of the Vicarage road, tui-n to your left and on to Douglas; the road to yourright will kad you to Foxdale mines and village.From Cro-by' station, one of your finest walks would be to ascend the main roadon your left from the vUlage, and scale the heights of Greeha mountain. Leavingit and stcermg due north, you will come in at the Ehenass Waterfall, descend toGlen Helen and take evening coach and train to Douglas. If you keep on theridge to the right from Greeba mountain, you could get down to Baldwin Glen.If you cross the rails when at Crosby station, you would strike the Foxdale road,and might visit the mines or walk back by the Cooil to Douglas. Visiting theformer, any one in Foxdale would put you on the road for St. John's station.At Glen Helen station, you will find a 'bus, or you can walk to that lovely place.If you go on to the next station, which is St. John's, you will he at TynwaldHUl, from which you can descend mto the valley and have a beautiful walk toyour right towards and into the Glen Helen road, or to your left into Peel.THE MANX NORTHERN RAILWAY.From Sulby Bridge, Sulby Glen can be reached by taMng the road past theGinger Hall Inn, and crossing the Claddagh. Tliis forms a pleasant ramble.Jude's Church and the Fort at Ballachurry are about a mile and a quarterSt.from this station. Kirk Andreas is about three miles distant. The roads in thisneighbourhood are good either for walkuig or 'cycling, and the return can hemade to Ramsey by the road, vUi Ecgaby, and affords a iileasant change of route.Sulby Glen is the station for Tholt-e-Will pleasure grounds and falls, andSnaefeil. Cars are always in attendance at the station, and the fare to Tholt-o-WiU is sixpence each person. If an ascent of Snaef^U has been determined upon,visitors wUl find it less fatiguing and more enjoyable to drive to Tholt-e-WUl.From Ballaugh station, the glen at Ballaugh is well worth a visit. The mainroad after passing Ravensdale is the mountain road to Injebreck, Druidale, MoutpelUer.It also branches off, to Kirk Michael. From Ballaugh to Bishop's Courtis a pleasant walk of about a mile and a half.Glen Wyllin and the Spooyt Vane are a short distance from the Kirk Michneltation, and are reached by taking the ro.ad to the left after passing the Mitre Hotel.St. Germain's is about two miles and a half from Peel ; but Peel Road station,formerly Poortown, is the nearest to this ancient city.At St. John's station, conveys nos are always in attendance to convey passengersto Glen Helen and Glen Meay, cr to Rushen Abbey and Castletown.Foxdale station wUl permit of a visit to Glen Meay, the ascent of SouthBarrule, an inspection of the mines, or a walk or ride to Castletown.The Cars,or %v'agouettes, as we might be cli.sposed to call them, are veryfavourite couveyances. The following table shows the legalcost of hiring them for excursions from Douglas to places ofpi'ominent interest, and the charge for the driver. Carsstand on the Parade or near the Pier until the fu'l munberof passengers have taken their places, and the fare of eachperson is proportioned to the wliole legal amount.