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College Musings.
therefore took the first opportunity of calling upon them . My reception was most gratifying , antf , understanding in the course of conversation my desire to see the whole of the island , they very politely invited me to ride with them to Bishop ' s Court and Ramsay , making that circuit of the country which I had not yet inspected . The remainder of this day was spent in overlooking a match at billiards for which there is a very good public tableenjoying a sail in the bay where boats and men are
, provided at a reasonable charge , and attending an auction of engravings which afforded excellent diversion . The following morning 1 was up early to keep my appointment with Mr . C to breakfast with liim and his newly married bride , and accompany them on a tour round the northern extremity of the island . I shall not readily forget the abominably hard trotting nag my landlord ofthe hotel furnished me . After losing siht of Douglas we wound up a remarkably picturesque defile
g through the heart of the fells , which run due north and south the entire length of the island . This steep and winding road , here and there jutting over yawning precipices , and presenting to the eye little else but barren crags and russet heath , among which a few straggling sheep were browsing , conveyed us to Kirk M , an extremely interesting hamlet , with its humble whitewashed sanctuary . Here we called upon some friends of my conductor living in a lovely cottage buried in jasmine
and woodbine . There is a very comfortable hostel here , and about a mile farther on is the palace of the prelate of Sodor and Man , called Bishop ' s Court . It appeared a handsome residence built in the Gothic style , and well shaded by shrubs and trees of every forest species , but
my friends did not propose surveying the interior . I was afterwards told it is well worth the tourist ' s examination , and every facility is granted by the housekeeper . The Bishop himself , Dr . Murray , * was not then resident . Four miles farther on , between Kirk St . Michael and Ramsay , we pulled up our horses to look over a singularly Alpine residence , something in the form of Napoleon ' s prison , Longwood , in St . Helena . Such was its enticing situation , that a slight abatement in the proprietor ' s price would have made me an instant purchaser . The
building consisted of a range of apartments on one story , lying on the declivity of a lofty fell , whose side was covered with trees and underwood . In front were spread upon a gentle slope blooming orchards and a well stocked garden . The prospect from such an elevation extended over the champaign part of the island , which , in the form of a promontory stretched its neck the length of seven miles into the sea , bearing on its surface the yellow harvest ready for the sickle . Inconsistent as it
may read , this being the northern latitude of the island , vegetation of every description appeared to be infinitely more abundant and luxuriant here than what I had witnessed in the southern end . Contiguous to Ramsay , on the other side of the road , is the villa of Colonel A , cm a larger scale , in the centre of groves and verdant meadows equally admirable for sight and prospect . Ramsay itself is a small sea-port environed on one side by the island Alpsand bounded on the other by
, a spacious bay , memorable for being the scene of a severe naval action , in which , as usual , British valour proved victorious . Here we halted for dinner at what may very deservedly be entitled the hotel , there being no deficiency of fish , flesh , or fowl—every thing thai the most fastidious appetite could require or the season supply , being attainable , and , what is
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College Musings.
therefore took the first opportunity of calling upon them . My reception was most gratifying , antf , understanding in the course of conversation my desire to see the whole of the island , they very politely invited me to ride with them to Bishop ' s Court and Ramsay , making that circuit of the country which I had not yet inspected . The remainder of this day was spent in overlooking a match at billiards for which there is a very good public tableenjoying a sail in the bay where boats and men are
, provided at a reasonable charge , and attending an auction of engravings which afforded excellent diversion . The following morning 1 was up early to keep my appointment with Mr . C to breakfast with liim and his newly married bride , and accompany them on a tour round the northern extremity of the island . I shall not readily forget the abominably hard trotting nag my landlord ofthe hotel furnished me . After losing siht of Douglas we wound up a remarkably picturesque defile
g through the heart of the fells , which run due north and south the entire length of the island . This steep and winding road , here and there jutting over yawning precipices , and presenting to the eye little else but barren crags and russet heath , among which a few straggling sheep were browsing , conveyed us to Kirk M , an extremely interesting hamlet , with its humble whitewashed sanctuary . Here we called upon some friends of my conductor living in a lovely cottage buried in jasmine
and woodbine . There is a very comfortable hostel here , and about a mile farther on is the palace of the prelate of Sodor and Man , called Bishop ' s Court . It appeared a handsome residence built in the Gothic style , and well shaded by shrubs and trees of every forest species , but
my friends did not propose surveying the interior . I was afterwards told it is well worth the tourist ' s examination , and every facility is granted by the housekeeper . The Bishop himself , Dr . Murray , * was not then resident . Four miles farther on , between Kirk St . Michael and Ramsay , we pulled up our horses to look over a singularly Alpine residence , something in the form of Napoleon ' s prison , Longwood , in St . Helena . Such was its enticing situation , that a slight abatement in the proprietor ' s price would have made me an instant purchaser . The
building consisted of a range of apartments on one story , lying on the declivity of a lofty fell , whose side was covered with trees and underwood . In front were spread upon a gentle slope blooming orchards and a well stocked garden . The prospect from such an elevation extended over the champaign part of the island , which , in the form of a promontory stretched its neck the length of seven miles into the sea , bearing on its surface the yellow harvest ready for the sickle . Inconsistent as it
may read , this being the northern latitude of the island , vegetation of every description appeared to be infinitely more abundant and luxuriant here than what I had witnessed in the southern end . Contiguous to Ramsay , on the other side of the road , is the villa of Colonel A , cm a larger scale , in the centre of groves and verdant meadows equally admirable for sight and prospect . Ramsay itself is a small sea-port environed on one side by the island Alpsand bounded on the other by
, a spacious bay , memorable for being the scene of a severe naval action , in which , as usual , British valour proved victorious . Here we halted for dinner at what may very deservedly be entitled the hotel , there being no deficiency of fish , flesh , or fowl—every thing thai the most fastidious appetite could require or the season supply , being attainable , and , what is