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from a body which was washed ashore having been
buried there, while Tobacco Gullet smacks of
smuggHng. Glen Helen commemorates the con-
version of the lovely glen of Rhenas into a pleasure
resort, the name being taken from that of the wife
of one of the directors of the company who purchased
it ! The Smelt is the name of a hamlet near Port
St. Mary, where smelting lead was formerly carried on.
The Forester's Lodge, now in ruins, was on the
mountains, and belonged to the lord's forester, who
paid a small quantity of oats yearly as an acknowledg-
ment. Sir George's Bridge, in Braddan, was so
called from Sir George Drinkwater, a recent proprietor
of Kirby, who had a weakness for being the first person
to cross a new bridge. It is now very usually called
St. George's Bridge ; in a short time the process of
canonization will be complete, and then a legend will
be attached to account for it ! Corrin's Folly is
a conspicuous tower on Peel Hill. Such buildings,
for which there is no practical use, are called Follies.
Bushel's House is the name given to the ruins of a
small hut on the summit of the Calf Islet, which,
according to tradition, was built by a hermit of that
name. (For story, see Browii's Isle of Man Guide,
pp. 283-4.) Bushel's Grave, on the same Islet, is
really a look-out post.
Horse Leap commemorates a hunting feat, and
Horse Gullet and Cow Harbour are places where
cattle can be easily swum ashore.
King William's College, near Castletown, the
principal insular public school, was opened in 1830, and