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

—THE CLOTEIT STONES,DOUGLAS TO LAXEY AND THE SUMMITOF SNAEFELL.COMMENCINGthe excursions of which we spoke at thebeginning of onr last chapter, we first make this tripone which is usually among the earliest undertaken bya visitor to Mona's Isle, and which is deservedly afavourite with every one who has experienced the pleasureit affords. At present, we must make the jom-uey by car,unless we are sturdy enough to trust to our own legs andfeet ; but it is hoped that " some one day," as our Yorkshirefriends have it, the iron steed will convey us all the waynay,up to the very top of Snaefell itself, or at all events notveiy far from its summit. Onr route in starting dependsvery much on the part of Douglas in which we have pitched