After passing the Lizard we kept the land close on board.  As the wind was south-west, we sailed straight for Penzance.  We could distinguish high and broken cliffs of a reddish hue extending the whole way to the Lizard; when they disappeared we could perceive a low rocky point running out towards the Stags.  On the summit of the cliffs which form the Lizard Head stand two lighthouses, two hundred and twenty-three feet apart.  A covered passage runs between them, in the centre of which are the residence and offices attached to the towers, so that the keepers can communicate without being exposed to the fierce gales of winter. Each of the white towers is sixty-one feet high, and contains a brilliant fixed catoptric or reflecting light.