From Peel to Kirk Michael. PEEL is ten or twelve miles distant from Douglas. This town is chiefly remarkable for the ruins of its castle and cathedral. It is supposed to contain twelve hundred people. Since the loss of the smuggling trade it has been a place of little commerce.
Provisions are cheap, and fish plentiful.
The church in the town is dedicated to St. Peter. The island is sometimes called Holme Peel. It is joined to the main land, southward of Peel river, by a strong stone wall, shelving to the top, built many years ago to secure the harbour. The entrance to this island is on the eastern side. Turning to the left', he ascended several steps to the gateway in the side of a square tower of the castle, through which he enters.