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College Musings.
I just this instant aggrandised our inn by surnaming it hotel , but , before I quit the town , which we did the following morning , let me remark for the benefit of all future ramblers , that the general accommodation and attendance is anything but comfortable—literally cheap and nasty . On coming back again to St . John ' s Cross we left our former route to the right hand , and kept our course in a direct line across the southern range of the island-mountains , cheered by the prospect of arriving at our former luxuriant quarters in Douglas Town by nightfall . The face of the country in this direction abounds in vegetation , and shews evident marks of the careful husbandman ' s labours . Where the nature of the
sod admits it , the small Mank s farmer is a very industrious creature , wringing out by dint of patient toil and economy what an ungenerous inheritance denies him ; and the nearer you advance towards the suburbs of Douglas the more is the hand of civilisation and improved agriculture discernible . In short , from St . John ' s to Douglas is one continued valley , clothed in rich verdure and dotted with neat farm-houses and pretty villages . These we discovered to be the hives whence had issued all the smiling and handsome lasses who had attracted our particular
attention at the fair some two days previous . What with the beauty of surrounding objects and the pleasure of intellectual talk , we almost imperceptibly stole upon the end of our pilgrimage ; though , alas ! ere twilight had began to reveal the twinkling stars of the bespangled firmament , physical weakness obliged us each to confess that bed was the best resting place for our weary frames . My almost last thought was the image of the charming girl I had been introduced to at Captain P ' s .
O thou roguish heart of mine , be not again entrapped ! The following morning found me in company with my philosophic friend , the clever artist whom I had met in the coffee-room , and my facetious Sir John , rambling up the heights whicli overlook the town on the other side of the harbour . Upon the summit of these you obtain a complete dioramic view of the town lying at your feet , the bay , and the sea glittering from the refulgent rays of Sol ' s bright beams . On these chalky howe-heads ,
too , stands a lighthouse ; on the descent into the town is the dempster ' s residence , the highest civil authority of the island ; and to the right , commanding the harbour and the cape , is a strong fort , garrisoned by my uncle ' s old regiment , the 80 th , a depot of which was stationed there . In the evening we visited the theatre to see Miss Kelly , who was there with another Drury Lane star , performing in the Jealous Wife and Miller ' s Maid . The house , which is small but very chaste in its
ornaments and commodiously arranged , was thronged from the orchestra to the ceiling . In the principal box shone conspicuous for their distingue beauty and hon ton tbe ladies of the dempster ' s family . 1 wish I could speak as favourably for the churches . There are but two , and only one of them capable of containing a large and genteel congregation . Since , there has been founded a college , and therefore , perhaps , another church may have been built : it was certainly required . In the one mv mentor
and I , as I used to call him , attended on the Sabbath , the service was exceedingly well performed , and a great apparent devotion and decorum was manifest both in the ministers and the congregation . Having no poor-laws , they maintain the ancient custom of collecting " offerings " every Sunday , during the altar service , whether there be a communion or not . It was the peculiar and pleasing primitiveness of the thing that commanded my observation . Captain P had furnished me with a letter of introduction to some Irish relatives staying at Douglas . I
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College Musings.
I just this instant aggrandised our inn by surnaming it hotel , but , before I quit the town , which we did the following morning , let me remark for the benefit of all future ramblers , that the general accommodation and attendance is anything but comfortable—literally cheap and nasty . On coming back again to St . John ' s Cross we left our former route to the right hand , and kept our course in a direct line across the southern range of the island-mountains , cheered by the prospect of arriving at our former luxuriant quarters in Douglas Town by nightfall . The face of the country in this direction abounds in vegetation , and shews evident marks of the careful husbandman ' s labours . Where the nature of the
sod admits it , the small Mank s farmer is a very industrious creature , wringing out by dint of patient toil and economy what an ungenerous inheritance denies him ; and the nearer you advance towards the suburbs of Douglas the more is the hand of civilisation and improved agriculture discernible . In short , from St . John ' s to Douglas is one continued valley , clothed in rich verdure and dotted with neat farm-houses and pretty villages . These we discovered to be the hives whence had issued all the smiling and handsome lasses who had attracted our particular
attention at the fair some two days previous . What with the beauty of surrounding objects and the pleasure of intellectual talk , we almost imperceptibly stole upon the end of our pilgrimage ; though , alas ! ere twilight had began to reveal the twinkling stars of the bespangled firmament , physical weakness obliged us each to confess that bed was the best resting place for our weary frames . My almost last thought was the image of the charming girl I had been introduced to at Captain P ' s .
O thou roguish heart of mine , be not again entrapped ! The following morning found me in company with my philosophic friend , the clever artist whom I had met in the coffee-room , and my facetious Sir John , rambling up the heights whicli overlook the town on the other side of the harbour . Upon the summit of these you obtain a complete dioramic view of the town lying at your feet , the bay , and the sea glittering from the refulgent rays of Sol ' s bright beams . On these chalky howe-heads ,
too , stands a lighthouse ; on the descent into the town is the dempster ' s residence , the highest civil authority of the island ; and to the right , commanding the harbour and the cape , is a strong fort , garrisoned by my uncle ' s old regiment , the 80 th , a depot of which was stationed there . In the evening we visited the theatre to see Miss Kelly , who was there with another Drury Lane star , performing in the Jealous Wife and Miller ' s Maid . The house , which is small but very chaste in its
ornaments and commodiously arranged , was thronged from the orchestra to the ceiling . In the principal box shone conspicuous for their distingue beauty and hon ton tbe ladies of the dempster ' s family . 1 wish I could speak as favourably for the churches . There are but two , and only one of them capable of containing a large and genteel congregation . Since , there has been founded a college , and therefore , perhaps , another church may have been built : it was certainly required . In the one mv mentor
and I , as I used to call him , attended on the Sabbath , the service was exceedingly well performed , and a great apparent devotion and decorum was manifest both in the ministers and the congregation . Having no poor-laws , they maintain the ancient custom of collecting " offerings " every Sunday , during the altar service , whether there be a communion or not . It was the peculiar and pleasing primitiveness of the thing that commanded my observation . Captain P had furnished me with a letter of introduction to some Irish relatives staying at Douglas . I