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dusium, for the same reason: likewise the famous colossalstatue of Apollo at Rhodes, answered the same purpose,and occasionally had the same appellation, as had a riverof Asia, in the environs of Cilicia and the Euphrates . Thislast consideration brings us to the etymology of the word,as Ozanum says, “ 3>a^o{ originally signified a strait, as thePharos of Messina.”

Of every description of modern 1 light-houses, there i§ nonemore eminent than that called the Edthjslone; with whichdescription we shall close this article.

Mr. Winstanlei/'s light-house was begun upon the Eddy-stone rock, in 1(59(5, and was more than four years in building,from the numerous interruptions of the wind and the elementhe had to contend with, the violence whereof is truly alarm-ing, occasioned by that rock being exposed to every windwhich comes up the vast Atlantic, and that tumultuous sea,the Bay of Biscay . Which obstacles were considerably in-creased by the form of the rock itself, having a regular slopeto S.W-. and from the very deep sea in its vicinity, it there-fore receives the uncontrouled fury of those seas: meetingwith no other object whereon to break their vehement force,the effect is so great at high water with a S.W. wind, whichcontinues for many days, though a calm may have sucoeeded,the violent action of the waters has not ceased, but breakfrightfully on Eddystone. An engraved plate of Mr. Win-stanley’s light-house was circulated at the period of its erec-tion, from which, it appears to have been a stone tower oftwelve sides, rising 44 feet above the highest point of therock, which, in the dimensions on which it was built, 24 feetin diameter, was 10 feet lower one side than it was upon theother; at the top was a balustrade and platform: upon thiswere erected eight pillars, which supported a dome of thesame diameter as the tower; from the top of which arose anoctagon tower, of a diameter of 15 feet and 7 in height. Onthe summit was placed the lantern, 10 feet in diameter and12 in height: it had a gallery surrounding it to give accessto the window's. The whole was surrounded by fancifuliron work. The entry was by a solid stone door at the bot-tom ; the whole building was of the same material, exceptthe aperture for the staircase. At the bottom w r as a room12 feet high, for a store-room; the next story was of thesame height, which was the state room; and the third wasof a similar height, which was a kitchen. Those compart-ments occupied the extreme height to the platform. Th6dome above this, contained the lodging-room; the octagonabove it, the look-out.

The reason why it occupied so much time in building, was