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BELLASIS, George Hutchins (1778-1822)
The Column Lot, Fairy Land, Sandy Bay.

Used with the assistance and permission of Professor Barry Weaver, University of Oklahoma.

The Column Lot, Fairy Land, Sandy Bay.

VIEW No. VI.

View No. VI. is Fairy Land, on the south side of the Island, in the district of Sandy Bay. It presents a singularly romantic appearance. Here stands an erect column, (called Lot,) composed of a hard greyish rock, situated upon a hill of vitrified matter, so steep and slippery as to be wholly inaccessible. In this View, which is taken from an eminence on the north-west side, hills rise above hills ; the left, clothed with wood to the summit, displays an extraordinary contrast to the wild nakedness of the other side ; the downward View consists of a variety of ridges, eminences, and ravines, descending into the sea. The beauty of one part, the grandeur of another, and the horror of a third, cannot fail to astonish every observer. The Island, from this situation, has certainly the appearance of being forced up by subterraneous fire : the abrupt ridges and chasms into which it is split seeming strongly to indicate a volcanic origin.

[Extract from Bellasis, George Hutchins. Views of St Helena. London: John Tyler, 1815.]

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