is
noticed, more particularly, to show the effects of such a happy turn of
mind, even under the most distressing and ill-fated circumstances.

Saturday, 17th June.

At eight a.m. the artificers and sailors, forty-five in number, landed
on the rock, and after four hours' work seven stones were laid. The
remainder of this tide, from the threatening appearance of the weather,
was occupied in trenailing and making all things as secure as possible.
At twelve noon the rock and building were again overflowed, when the
masons and seamen went on board of the tender, but Mr. Watt, with his
squad of ten men, remained on the beacon throughout the day. As it blew
fresh from the N.W. in the evening, it was found impracticable either to
land the building artificers or to take the artificers off the beacon,
and they were accordingly left there all night, but in circumstances
very different from those of the 1st of this month. The house, being now
in a more complete state, was provided with bedding, and they spent the
night pretty well, though they complained of having been much disturbed
at the time of high-water by the shaking and tremulous motion of their
house and by the plashing noise of the sea upon the mortar gallery. Here
James Glen's versatile powers were again at work in cheering up those
who seemed to be alarmed, and in securing everything as far as possible.
On this occasion he had only to recall to the recollections of some of
them the former night which they had spent on the beacon, the wind and
sea being then much higher, and their habitation in a far less
comfortable state.

The wind still continuing to blow fresh from the N.W., at five p.m. the
writer caused a signal to be made from the tender for the _Smeaton_ and
_Patriot_ to slip their moorings, when they ran for Lunan Bay, an
anchorage on the east side of the Redhead. Those on board of the tender
spent but a very rough night, and perhaps slept less soundly than their
companions on the beacon, especially as the wind was at N.W., which
caused the vessel to ride with her stern towards the Bell Rock; so that,
in the event of anything giving way, she could hardly have escaped being
stranded upon it.

Sunday, 18th June.

The weather having moderated to-day, the wind shifted to the westward.
At a quarter-past nine a.m. the artificers landed from the tender and
had the pleasure to find their friends who had been left on the rock
quite hearty, alleging that the be