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College Musings.
to his shipwreck grave among the roaring cavities of the froivning piles of granite-stone beneath . The shore loses its elevation at the other end of the bay , though not its rocky-bed , which , however less in magnitude , would be equally fatal to the hapless ship that adverse winds might drive upon them . The aspect of the country adjoining the coast is dreary in the extreme , as not a tree or shrub of any observation will
grow near the sea . The natives attribute this arborial barrenness to the violent winds which prevail during some months in the year , blowing from the sea ancl bringing with them clouds of briny mist . The air is certainly for the most part of the year very humid , and with some constitutions has a strong relaxing tendency . For myself I never enjoyed perfect health there , and was always ailing . Partook slightly of the breakfast viands which are generally profuse
in quantity in that hospitable part of the world . Afterwards resumed my studies . In the course of the day , going out for another stroll on the sea-shore , which being covered with shingles , and at low water by a fine , firm , level sand ( and upon which , being the only level ground in the parish , I had instituted the noble game of cricket , a science before unknown among the northern lads of the school ) makes a delightful promenadeI was hihly amused at seeing a large group of females
, g , being too far off" to distinguish their rank , bustling down to the water to bathe like so many Naiads of dripping Neptune ' s court . It is the custom there for the ladies to robe themselves in a sort of Esquimaux suit of flannel drapery , and when the tide is up to walk into the ocean . I believe my aristocratic squire-arch relative was the only person who introduced a bathing machine . I used to be surprised that some
speculative capitalist never tried to establish it as a watering-place for local resort . The situation , in many respects , for two or three months in the summer is so well adapted by nature , and the bathing ground so exceedingly agreeable , that I am satisfied it would answer . Dressed to pay a visit at the seat of my guardian , very pleasantly situated , as Robins , the prince of auctioneers would say , amid o ' erhanging groves , and from its adjacency to the sea and the lakes , affording a most eligible summer residence for a wealthy weaver who wished
to retire with his family , for the benefit of their health , from the smoke and steam of some cotton factory in one of the busy towns of Lancashire . N'importe . It is a delightful abode for those who can remove themselves at pleasure to gayer scenes and crowded cities . I found only Mrs . B . at home , and escorted her down into the hay-field , where I met with her husband , busy ( for he is a mighty active
personage ) among the " jovial crew of merry hay-makers . The whole scene , gilded by the rays of a setting sun , called forth involuntarily my rapturous admiration . Its extreme luxuriance , and the mansion peeping out through the interstices of the rich and variegated foliage of the woods around , —truly , I had not beheld a more picturesque scene of the kind since my sojourn hereabout . Mr . B . ancl his wife—the host and hostess—returned soon after my arrival . I met her cold ladyship on horsebackof which exercise she is remarkably fondand rides well
, , , but I do not admire its unfeminine character . We merely greeted each other with the ordinary enquiry , "How d ' ye do ? " There is too great a want of cordiality about the woman to please my ardent temperament . It is difficult to tell whether it proceeds from a natural iciness of disposition , or from hauteur , or from feminine reserve , or from an inward repugnance to her match . It was one of those sort of marriages which
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College Musings.
to his shipwreck grave among the roaring cavities of the froivning piles of granite-stone beneath . The shore loses its elevation at the other end of the bay , though not its rocky-bed , which , however less in magnitude , would be equally fatal to the hapless ship that adverse winds might drive upon them . The aspect of the country adjoining the coast is dreary in the extreme , as not a tree or shrub of any observation will
grow near the sea . The natives attribute this arborial barrenness to the violent winds which prevail during some months in the year , blowing from the sea ancl bringing with them clouds of briny mist . The air is certainly for the most part of the year very humid , and with some constitutions has a strong relaxing tendency . For myself I never enjoyed perfect health there , and was always ailing . Partook slightly of the breakfast viands which are generally profuse
in quantity in that hospitable part of the world . Afterwards resumed my studies . In the course of the day , going out for another stroll on the sea-shore , which being covered with shingles , and at low water by a fine , firm , level sand ( and upon which , being the only level ground in the parish , I had instituted the noble game of cricket , a science before unknown among the northern lads of the school ) makes a delightful promenadeI was hihly amused at seeing a large group of females
, g , being too far off" to distinguish their rank , bustling down to the water to bathe like so many Naiads of dripping Neptune ' s court . It is the custom there for the ladies to robe themselves in a sort of Esquimaux suit of flannel drapery , and when the tide is up to walk into the ocean . I believe my aristocratic squire-arch relative was the only person who introduced a bathing machine . I used to be surprised that some
speculative capitalist never tried to establish it as a watering-place for local resort . The situation , in many respects , for two or three months in the summer is so well adapted by nature , and the bathing ground so exceedingly agreeable , that I am satisfied it would answer . Dressed to pay a visit at the seat of my guardian , very pleasantly situated , as Robins , the prince of auctioneers would say , amid o ' erhanging groves , and from its adjacency to the sea and the lakes , affording a most eligible summer residence for a wealthy weaver who wished
to retire with his family , for the benefit of their health , from the smoke and steam of some cotton factory in one of the busy towns of Lancashire . N'importe . It is a delightful abode for those who can remove themselves at pleasure to gayer scenes and crowded cities . I found only Mrs . B . at home , and escorted her down into the hay-field , where I met with her husband , busy ( for he is a mighty active
personage ) among the " jovial crew of merry hay-makers . The whole scene , gilded by the rays of a setting sun , called forth involuntarily my rapturous admiration . Its extreme luxuriance , and the mansion peeping out through the interstices of the rich and variegated foliage of the woods around , —truly , I had not beheld a more picturesque scene of the kind since my sojourn hereabout . Mr . B . ancl his wife—the host and hostess—returned soon after my arrival . I met her cold ladyship on horsebackof which exercise she is remarkably fondand rides well
, , , but I do not admire its unfeminine character . We merely greeted each other with the ordinary enquiry , "How d ' ye do ? " There is too great a want of cordiality about the woman to please my ardent temperament . It is difficult to tell whether it proceeds from a natural iciness of disposition , or from hauteur , or from feminine reserve , or from an inward repugnance to her match . It was one of those sort of marriages which