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College Musings.
channel for a small mountain stream , whose dashing , as it rushed along the rocky bottom , echoed from side to side , uniting , with the din of the noisy mill . There is in that sterile pasture sometimes a great scarcity of green food for the cattle , and to remedy this parsimony of nature , they bruise , by the aid of this machine , a herb called goss hy the natives , which forms a plentiful substitute for grass .
As we drew nearer to the scene ofthe fair , the groups of happy faces increased , and we were particularly struck by the simple beauty of the female peasantry . They certainly rivalled the far-famed fairness of their opposite neighbours , tbe Lancastrians , who for figure , complexion , and natural gracefulness , may compete with the Circassian of Eastern romance . On arriving at St . John ' s we ( of course , as is usual on such an occasion and in situations , ) found the whole locality in the hey-day of hilarity and such
bustle ; but , as there could not possibly be any thing there to interest us philosophers , we passed through the laughing throngs continuing our progress to Peel Town , whicli we reached time enough for an early dinner . The place itself is not fit to be mentioned after Douglas , but its celebrated ruins of Peel Castle , distinguished as a principal scene in Sir Walter Scott ' s Pevcril of the Peak , its charming bay ^ in which tbe grand herring fleet was riding at anchorand the surrounding cliffs aud
, country rewarded us for our long and sun-burning ramble . There appeared to be a large concourse of visitors , but the brutal vulgarity of some of the people connected with the fishery is enough to drive away all civilised sojourners from the spot . We turned " out after dinner to go over the ruins , which are very extensive and in good preservation .
The Castle * in former times must have been a secure place of refuge , being inaccessible entirely at high water , and the only communication at all , even when- the tide is out , is by a narrow neck of land connecting the entrance of the portcullis ivith a wooden pier , which conducts tbe traveller into the town . We closed our day ' s adventures with a debate on the probable causes of the very perceptible difference between the females we had observed at St . John ' s fair , and the " gude women " of this martwho b realised the
herring , y no means glowing picture I had sketched of their fair countrywomen not five miles off . It almost looked as if their charms ran in strata , like their lead mines . An intrinsic piece of genuine ore in one level , and only as it were a few yards further , it is adulterated with the impurities of the soil . On the following morning we scrambled together up to the summit of a very lofty hill which frowns upon the town and ruins below . On a bright clear day , the top of this commands
peak a view of the three united kingdoms , England , Scotland , and Ireland ; but the atmosphere being hazy from the vaporish heat , we could only discern the opposite coast of the last . The look out upon the channel is very expansive , and the effect was vividly
heightened by the exceedingly interesting sight of the tiny fleet of herring smacks getting under weigh , their sails swelling with the morning land breeze . Climbing this hill is capital exercise for the dyspeptic and hypochondriac , sharpening the appetite and bracing the nerves . All such valetudinarians should covet the advantages of that muscular employment , and the very first summer season follow iu our footsteps . Amidst all this admiration , and observation , and cogitation , I did not forget the address and invitation of my fair companion while on the bosom of the dangerous and treacherous deep . I therefore sallied out on a walk of dis-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
College Musings.
channel for a small mountain stream , whose dashing , as it rushed along the rocky bottom , echoed from side to side , uniting , with the din of the noisy mill . There is in that sterile pasture sometimes a great scarcity of green food for the cattle , and to remedy this parsimony of nature , they bruise , by the aid of this machine , a herb called goss hy the natives , which forms a plentiful substitute for grass .
As we drew nearer to the scene ofthe fair , the groups of happy faces increased , and we were particularly struck by the simple beauty of the female peasantry . They certainly rivalled the far-famed fairness of their opposite neighbours , tbe Lancastrians , who for figure , complexion , and natural gracefulness , may compete with the Circassian of Eastern romance . On arriving at St . John ' s we ( of course , as is usual on such an occasion and in situations , ) found the whole locality in the hey-day of hilarity and such
bustle ; but , as there could not possibly be any thing there to interest us philosophers , we passed through the laughing throngs continuing our progress to Peel Town , whicli we reached time enough for an early dinner . The place itself is not fit to be mentioned after Douglas , but its celebrated ruins of Peel Castle , distinguished as a principal scene in Sir Walter Scott ' s Pevcril of the Peak , its charming bay ^ in which tbe grand herring fleet was riding at anchorand the surrounding cliffs aud
, country rewarded us for our long and sun-burning ramble . There appeared to be a large concourse of visitors , but the brutal vulgarity of some of the people connected with the fishery is enough to drive away all civilised sojourners from the spot . We turned " out after dinner to go over the ruins , which are very extensive and in good preservation .
The Castle * in former times must have been a secure place of refuge , being inaccessible entirely at high water , and the only communication at all , even when- the tide is out , is by a narrow neck of land connecting the entrance of the portcullis ivith a wooden pier , which conducts tbe traveller into the town . We closed our day ' s adventures with a debate on the probable causes of the very perceptible difference between the females we had observed at St . John ' s fair , and the " gude women " of this martwho b realised the
herring , y no means glowing picture I had sketched of their fair countrywomen not five miles off . It almost looked as if their charms ran in strata , like their lead mines . An intrinsic piece of genuine ore in one level , and only as it were a few yards further , it is adulterated with the impurities of the soil . On the following morning we scrambled together up to the summit of a very lofty hill which frowns upon the town and ruins below . On a bright clear day , the top of this commands
peak a view of the three united kingdoms , England , Scotland , and Ireland ; but the atmosphere being hazy from the vaporish heat , we could only discern the opposite coast of the last . The look out upon the channel is very expansive , and the effect was vividly
heightened by the exceedingly interesting sight of the tiny fleet of herring smacks getting under weigh , their sails swelling with the morning land breeze . Climbing this hill is capital exercise for the dyspeptic and hypochondriac , sharpening the appetite and bracing the nerves . All such valetudinarians should covet the advantages of that muscular employment , and the very first summer season follow iu our footsteps . Amidst all this admiration , and observation , and cogitation , I did not forget the address and invitation of my fair companion while on the bosom of the dangerous and treacherous deep . I therefore sallied out on a walk of dis-