communication, and, when the interior of the lighthouse came



to be examined in the morning, it appeared that great

quantities of water had come over the walls - now eighty feet



in height - and had run down through the several apartments

and out at the entrance door.



The upper course of the lighthouse at the workyard of

Arbroath was completed on the 6th, and the whole of the stones



were, therefore, now ready for being shipped to the rock.

From the present state of the works it was impossible that the



two squads of artificers at Arbroath and the Bell Rock could

meet together at this period; and as in public works of this



kind, which had continued for a series of years, it is not

customary to allow the men to separate without what is termed



a "finishing-pint," five guineas were for this purpose placed

at the disposal of Mr. David Logan, clerk of works. With this



sum the stone-cutters at Arbroath had a merry meeting in their

barrack, collected their sweethearts and friends, and



concluded their labours with a dance. It was remarked,

however, that their happiness on this occasion was not without



alloy. The consideration of parting and leaving a steady and

regular employment, to go in quest of work and mix with other



society, after having been harmoniously lodged for years

together in one large "guildhall or barrack," was rather



painful.

[Friday, 6th July]



While the writer was at Edinburgh he was fortunate enough

to meet with Mrs. Dickson, only daughter of the late



celebrated Mr. Smeaton, whose works at the Eddystone

Lighthouse had been of such essentialconsequence to the



operations at the Bell Rock. Even her own elegant

accomplishments are identified with her father's work, she



having herself made the drawing of the vignette on the title-

page of the NARRATIVE OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. Every



admirer of the works of that singularly eminent man must also

feel an obligation to her for the very comprehensive and



distinct account given of his life, which is attached to his

reports, published, in three volumes quarto, by the Society of



Civil Engineers. Mrs. Dickson, being at this time returning

from a tour to the Hebrides and Western Highlands of Scotland,



had heard of the Bell Rock works, and from their similarity to

those of the Eddystone was strongly impressed with a desire of



visiting the spot. But on inquiring for the writer at

Edinburgh, and finding from him that the upper part of the



lighthouse, consisting of nine courses, might be seen in the

immediate vicinity, and also that one of the vessels which, in



compliment to her father's memory, had been named the SMEATON,

might also now be seen in Leith, she considered herself



extremely fortunate; and having first visited the works at

Greenside, she afterwards went to Leith to see the SMEATON,



then loading for the Bell Rock. On stepping on board, Mrs.

Dickson seemed to be quite overcome with so many concurrent



circumstances, tending in a peculiar manner to revive and

enliven the memory of her departed father, and, on leaving the



vessel, she would not be restrained from presenting the crew

with a piece of money. The SMEATON had been named



spontaneously, from a sense of the obligation which a public

work of the description of the Bell Rock owed to the labours



and abilities of Mr. Smeaton. The writer certainly never

could have anticipated the satisfaction which he this day felt



in witnessing the pleasure it afforded to the only

representative of this great man's family.



[Friday, 20th July]

The gale from the N.E. still continued so strong,



accompanied with a heavy sea, that the PATRIOT could not

approach her moorings; and although the tender still kept her



station, no landing was made to-day at the rock. At high-

water it was remarked that the spray rose to the height of



about sixty feet upon the building. The SMEATON now lay in

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• writer [´raitə] n.作者；作家 (初中英语单词)


• admission [əd´miʃən] n.接纳；承认 (初中英语单词)


• occasional [ə´keiʒənəl] a.偶然的；临时的 (初中英语单词)


• apartment [ə´pɑ:tmənt] n.一套房间 (初中英语单词)


• sacred [´seikrid] a.神圣的；庄严的 (初中英语单词)


• volume [´vɔlju:m, ´vɑljəm] n.卷；书籍；体积；容量 (初中英语单词)


• shipping [´ʃipiŋ] n.船运业；船舶(总数) (初中英语单词)


• dispute [di´spju:t] v.&n.争论，辩论；争吵 (初中英语单词)


• briefly [´bri:fli] ad.简短地；简略地 (初中英语单词)


• absence [´æbsəns] n.不在，缺席；缺乏 (初中英语单词)


• protection [prə´tekʃən] n.警戒；护照；通行证 (初中英语单词)


• actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)


• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• consideration [kən,sidə´reiʃən] n.考虑；原因；体谅 (初中英语单词)


• extreme [ik´stri:m] a.尽头的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)


• partly [´pɑ:tli] ad.部分地；不完全地 (初中英语单词)


• lumber [´lʌmbə] v.伐木 n.木材 (初中英语单词)


• charge [tʃɑ:dʒ] v.收费；冲锋 n.费用 (初中英语单词)


• vessel [´vesəl] n.容器；船；脉管 (初中英语单词)


• hammer [´hæmə] n.锤子 v.重击 (初中英语单词)


• gallery [´gæləri] n.画廊；美术馆；长廊 (初中英语单词)


• fortunate [´fɔ:tʃənət] a.幸运的，侥幸的 (初中英语单词)


• preparation [,prepə´reiʃən] n.准备；预习(时间) (初中英语单词)


• refuge [´refju:dʒ] v.&n.避难(所)；庇护 (初中英语单词)


• probable [´prɔbəbəl] a.大概的n.很可能的事 (初中英语单词)


• valuable [´væljuəbəl, -jubəl] a.有价值的，贵重的 (初中英语单词)


• interior [in´tiəriə] n.&a.内部地(的) (初中英语单词)


• height [hait] n.高度；顶点；卓越 (初中英语单词)


• series [´siəri:z] n.连续；系列；丛书 (初中英语单词)


• employment [im´plɔimənt] n.工作；职业；雇用 (初中英语单词)


• essential [i´senʃəl] a.必需的 n.要素，要点 (初中英语单词)


• consequence [´kɔnsikwəns] n.结果；后果；推断 (初中英语单词)


• obligation [,ɔbli´geiʃən] n.义务；职责；合约 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• western [´westən] a.西的；西方的 (初中英语单词)


• strongly [´strɔŋli] ad.强烈地；强有力地 (初中英语单词)


• overcome [,əuvə´kʌm] vt.战胜，克服 (初中英语单词)


• peculiar [pi´kju:liə] a.特有的；奇异的 (初中英语单词)


• description [di´skripʃən] n.描写 (初中英语单词)


• satisfaction [,sætis´fækʃən] n.满意；满足 (初中英语单词)


• patriot [´pætriət] n.爱国者 (高中英语单词)


• positive [´pɔzətiv] a.确定的 (高中英语单词)


• extension [ik´stenʃən] n.延长；扩展；延期 (高中英语单词)


• gospel [´gɔspəl] n.福音；信条；真理 (高中英语单词)


• unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli] ad.不幸；不朽；可惜 (高中英语单词)


• strict [strikt] a.严厉的；精确的 (高中英语单词)


• hardship [´hɑ:dʃip] n.受苦，吃苦；苦难 (高中英语单词)


• hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• occurrence [ə´kʌrəns] n.发生；(偶发)事件 (高中英语单词)


• probability [,prɔbə´biliti] n.或有；可能性 (高中英语单词)


• severely [si´viəli] ad.剧烈地；严格地 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• disposal [di´spəuzəl] n.处理；支配 (高中英语单词)


• narrative [´nærətiv] a.叙述的 n.记事 (高中英语单词)


• eminent [´eminənt] a.卓越的；杰出的 (高中英语单词)


• comprehensive [,kɔmpri´hensiv] a.综合的；理解的 (高中英语单词)


• finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)


• revive [ri´vaiv] v.(使)苏醒；(使)振奋 (高中英语单词)


• lighthouse [´laithaus] n.灯塔 (英语四级单词)


• habitation [,hæbi´teiʃən] n.居住；住所 (英语四级单词)


• retirement [ri´taiəmənt] n.退休；撤退；幽静处 (英语四级单词)


• morality [mə´ræliti] n.道德；教训；伦理学 (英语四级单词)


• arisen [ə´rizn] arise的过去分词 (英语四级单词)


• ultimately [´ʌltimitli] ad.最后，最终 (英语四级单词)


• desirous [di´zaiərəs] a.渴望的；想往的 (英语四级单词)


• disregard [,disri´gɑ:d] vt.&n.不顾；漠视 (英语四级单词)


• edinburgh [´edinbərə] n.爱丁堡 (英语四级单词)


• readiness [´redinis] n.准备就绪；愿意 (英语四级单词)


• eastward [´i:stwəd] a.&ad.向东(的) (英语四级单词)


• northwestern [,nɔ:θ´westən] a.西北的；自西北的 (英语四级单词)


• mortar [´mɔ:tə] n.灰浆 vt.用灰浆涂抹 (英语四级单词)


• experimental [ik,speri´mentl] a.实验的 (英语四级单词)


• utility [ju:´tiliti] n.有用 a.有各种用途的 (英语四级单词)


• velocity [vi´lɔsiti] n.速度(率)；迅速 (英语四级单词)


• experienced [ik´spiəriənst] a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)


• buoyant [´bɔiənt] a.能漂浮的；快活的 (英语四级单词)


• willingly [´wiliŋli] ad.情愿地，乐意地 (英语四级单词)


• bridge [bridʒ] n.桥(梁)；鼻梁；桥牌 (英语四级单词)


• parting [´pɑ:tiŋ] a.&n.分离(的) (英语四级单词)


• drawing [´drɔ:iŋ] n.画图；制图；图样 (英语四级单词)


• vicinity [vi´siniti] n.邻近，附近，接近 (英语四级单词)


• masonry [´meisənri] n.石工技术；石工行业 (英语六级单词)


• oblique [ə´bli:k] a.歪斜的 vi.倾斜 (英语六级单词)


• beacon [´bi:kən] n.灯塔；信标 v.照亮 (英语六级单词)


• exclusion [ik´sklu:ʒən] n.拒绝；逐出，排除 (英语六级单词)


• diversity [dai´və:siti] n.差异；多样性 (英语六级单词)


• intermediate [,intə´mi:diət] a.中间的 (英语六级单词)


• seaman [´si:mən] n.海员，水手 (英语六级单词)


• satisfactorily [sætis´fæktərili] ad.令人满意地 (英语六级单词)


• landing [´lændiŋ] n.登陆；降落；楼梯平台 (英语六级单词)


• departed [di´pɑ:tid] a.已往的；已故的 (英语六级单词)