DOUGLAS, capital of the Isle of Man, municipal borough and favourite watering-place. Pop. (19 21) 27,604. It stands on a fine semicircular bay on the east coast of the island, at the com mon mouth of two streams, the Dhoo and Glass, 54 m. west-north west of Fleetwood, and 7o m. north-west of Liverpool. The older streets are irregular and narrow, but the town has greatly extended in modern times, with numerous terraces of good dwelling-houses, A fine parade sweeps round the bay, which, from Derby Castle (north) to Douglas Head (south), has a circuit exceeding 2 rn. Low hills, penetrated by the valleys of the Dhoo and Glass, en circle the town on the north, west and south, the southern spur forming Douglas Head. The harbour, in the river mouth, lies immediately north of this; vessels drawing 9 ft. may enter it during neap tides, and those drawing 13 ft. during spring tides. A castellated building (Tower of Refuge, 1832), marks the dan gerous Conister rocks, north of the harbour entrance. The har bour is protected by three piers, the Battery Pier, the Red Pier and the Victoria Pier (at which passengers can load and embark at all tides). There is regular daily communication with Liverpool, and during the season there are connections with Fleetwood, Hey sham, Barrow, Dublin, Belfast and Glasgow. Douglas is con nected by electric tramway northward with Laxey, the summit of the mountain of Snaefell and Ramsey, and southward with Port Soderick; while the Isle of Man railway runs to Peel in the west, and Castletown and Port Erin in the south-west. The various popular attractions include theatres, dancing halls, a race-course and two golf links. The shore of the bay is of firm sand (covered at high tide), and the sea-bathing is good. Among buildings and institutions in Douglas may be mentioned the legislative buildings (1893), the town hall (1899) , the large free library, the court house and the Isle of Man hospital. St. George's church, the oldest remaining in Douglas, dates from 1780. Douglas was incor porated in 1895.