Eddystone lighthouse, the, of Winstanley, its erection narrated, 109-113; its destruction, 113; of Rudyerd, 113-116; its conflagration, 116-118; a romantic narrative connected with, 118, 119; of Smeaton, its erection described, 121-129; its present condition, 129, 130. _Edinburgh Review_, cited, 55, 69. Edrisi, the historian, his description of the Alexandrian pharos, 22-26. Egger, M., on the Tour d’Ordre at Boulogne, 32, 35, 36. Egypt, the light-towers of, described, 10. Empiricus, Sextus, the Pyrrhonist, on the sculptor of the Colossus of Rhodes, 48. Enfant Perdu, the, lighthouse on, its difficult construction, 250. English Channel, the, lights in, enumerated, 131, 132. Esquiros, M. Alphonse, his description of Trinity House, quoted, 58-61; his account of life on board a lightship, 255, 256. Faraday, Professor, his system of ventilation for lighthouses, 101, 102. Fastnet Rock, revolving light on the, 204; the lighthouse on, described, 204-206. Fire-towers amongst the Egyptians, 10, 12; reference to, in Homer and the Bible, 12. Fixed light, the, of the catoptric system, how obtained, 74. Fixed light, varied by flashes, employed in France, 92, 93. Flashing light, the, of the catoptric system, how effected, 75. Foix, Louis de, the Parisian architect, his erection of a tower at Cordouan, 215. _Forfarshire_, the, wreck of, referred to, 280, 281. France, number of lighthouses in, 56; its system of lighthouse administration, 56, 57. Fresnel, Jean Augustin, the engineer, his career sketched, 78, 79; his system of lighthouse illuminationdescribed, 86, 89; his revolving light and apparatus explained, 90, 91; his lenticular system, 222. Gascony, Gulf of, described by M. Michelet, 262. Grand Barge d’Olonne, the lighthouse of, its construction described, 245, 246. Greeks, the, lighthouses among, 10. Gregory of Tours, the historian, his employment of the word “pharos,” 19. Gunfleet, the lighthouse at, on piles, 207, 208. Hamblin, Robert, his establishment of a lightship at the Nore, 254, 255. Harwich, the light at, 66. Héaux, of Bréhat, the lighthouse of, story of its erection, 233-237, 240-243; its submarine portion, 237; its rocky foundation, 238; its stability, 238; the principle of its construction, 239, 240; its resistance to the waves, 243, 244. Hercules, his fabled invention of lighthouses, 10; the Pillars of, historical memoranda concerning, 265, 266. Herodian, the historian, his description of Roman light-towers, 14. Hesychius, the historian, his account of the Pillars of Hercules, 266. Hève, La, legend connected with, 226-228; position of described, 228; lighthouses of, details concerning, 228-232. Homer, reference to fire-towers in, 12. Honduras, the mahogany of, 144.