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A DAY IN A3LDEBNEY. 39
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.-but before bed-time they had abated in violence , and we were able to heave-to without being much tossed schooner about . under shortened sail
. with Could that anyone ink have skabove seen her the little and the foaming sea below , they would doubtless y have y said iC Poor , things ! how miserable it must be
, "j throug for the h peop the le main on board cabin ! " sk And ylight then , they , could would they have have been taken surprised a peep
to whilst see a one cheery b party the li assembled ht of a on bri sofas ght lamp and , chairs read round aloud a to table the , g
others one of , the y most interesting books of the season . I shall not specif this article y the title is at of libert it , so each to fan of my it literary his or her friends last work who may . Perhaps peruse
it was the English Woman y 's cy Journal . But another change soon came over the sceneand we rushed on deck to greet an
improveni ment ht in was the weather beautiful . , The : last a sk peep y bleakl I had y stormy of the , yet outer shining world with that very
the innumerable g liht on Cape stars _; la a Hogue wild moon twinkling peering mysteriousl out of hurry y in ing the clouds distance , and .
It happens was g a to grand disturb and one ' awful s sublime sight thoug , but hts something ; and a " burst ludicrous of laug always hter , the devil and
• on shake caused the violin yourself by the , with attempt , " performed "Partant to reconcile pour by one la the Syrie of sound the , " p inmates layed of " Gro with of to much the forecastle majesty all and deliberation banother musician the accordiansoon put
y on , my Before solitary breakfast meditations the to next flig entrance ht morning . is we extremel were safel hazardous y anchored and in
_^ on Bray iifncult a Harbour rock . It eminence is , to commanded which and the having by a fort innumerable of formidable breakers appearance y at its , feet built ; y
iles of stones and of concrete lined the shores near the landingp lace close to the breakwater which is in course of erection , and no
p town The was weather to be was seen so . intensely hot that we did not go ashore little island until
had _tlie evening more to , be for seen which in we it than were we afterwards had iven sorry it cre , as dit the for . At preg but the
sentthe view from our deck was not very inviting , —nothing fort , the rocks , and a long straggling row of small houses stretching away , in the direction ( we were told ) of St . Ann ' s , the cap h ital . In the
meantime we amused ourselves by watching througtelescopes a p home icnic s party to dine who uncomfortabl had come y away , seated from on their the broiling shady and rocks comfortable , and call
it yiir p When leasure vessel the and ! sun its had sliad in awning some measure and landed abated on the its beam shore s , once we left
iny labited enanted by by a peaceful race of and peculiarl industrious y bloodthirst fishermen y b . arb After arians walking , and now for
: about half a mile we entered the town of St . Ann ' s , a long irregular arrived at the
street of tolerably neat though small houses , and soon
A Day In A3ldebney. 39
A DAY _IN A 3 LDEBNEY . 39
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1862, page 39, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031862/page/39/
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