CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ORIGIN OF THE LIGHTHOUSE 1 II. BUILDING A LIGHTHOUSE 11 III. THE LIGHT AND ILLUMINANTS 28 IV. FOG-SIGNALS 57 V. THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE 72 VI. SOME FAMOUS LIGHTS OF ENGLAND 81 VII. THE BELL ROCK AND SKERRYVORE LIGHTS 96 VIII. THE LONELY LIGHTS OF SCOTLAND 108 IX. THE FASTNET, THE OUTPOST OF EUROPE 121 X. LIGHTHOUSES BUILT ON SAND 132 XI. SOME LIGHT PATROLS OF THE FRENCH COAST 148 XII. THE GUARDIAN LIGHTS OF CANADA’S COAST 161 XIII. THE MINOT’S LEDGE LIGHT 176 XIV. THE TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHT-STATION 183 XV. THE COAST LIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES 196 XVI. THE LAMP-POSTS OF THE GREAT LAKES OF NORTH AMERICA 208 XVII. THE MOST POWERFUL ELECTRIC LIGHTHOUSES OF THE WORLD 218 XVIII. SOME LIGHTHOUSES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS 229 XIX. THE SIGNPOSTS OF THE SANDBANKS 240 XX. A FLAMING SENTINEL OF THE MALACCA STRAITS 257 XXI. UNATTENDED LIGHTHOUSES 267 XXII. FLOATING LIGHTHOUSES 284 XXIII. THE LIGHT-KEEPER AND HIS LIFE 301 INDEX 318 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE The 43,000,000 Candle-Power Beams thrown from the Heligoland Lighthouse _Frontispiece_ How the Beachy Head Lighthouse was built 6 Workmen returning by the Aerial Cableway to the Top of Beachy Head 7 The Sanganeb Reef Lighthouse in the Red Sea 14 The Alcatraz Lighthouse under Construction 15 The Alcatraz Lighthouse completed 15 The Thimble Shoals Light 22 Setting the Last Stone of the Beachy Head Lighthouse 23 The Hyperradial Apparatus for the Manora Point Light, Karachi, India 48 First Order Triple Flashing Light of 920 Millimetres Focal Distance for Chilang Lighthouse, China 49