water s edge and is built in the style � in front of it is erected a low fort surmounted by a � a fit emblem it might be thought of a church near the small town of and above it i noticed a lake of considerable size from from to the position in which i viewed it it seemed in momentary readiness to its banks and pour itself upon the village below it is now about the wind has continued fresh and an half hour ago we parted from the island standing over from s head direct to distant twenty five miles we hope to reach it in three hours my on board are tolerable nothing better the captain is disposed to be obliging enough but as a commander of a vessel seems destitute of skill and some other needful he kept his birth almost the whole of last night even during his own watch which was from to o clock what this criminal neglect of duty was the circumstance that the mate of the vessel was drunk and had been so ever since our weighing anchor half past two p m � the weather having been cloudy all day we did not come within sight of the english coast as soon as i had hoped st bee s head a large high bluff was the first land which we and then it was scarcely five miles distant the captain has since been all hands in the of its to save eighteen shillings or a pound which he would be otherwise obliged to pay to have it removed from the vessel on his getting into harbour the consequence is that she rolls with considerable violence and if the wind should increase the result might be much more unpleasant is the of its coal mines are very valuable and have been worked it is said that the in following several veins of coal after sinking the perpendicular shaft to a great depth have opened passages fairly under the sea that is to say to a considerable distance without the line of low water mark admitting this report to be true it is singular to reflect that in entering the harbour of we may be sailing above the heads of human beings who some hun sketches of an feet at least beneath us are digging in the of the harmless earth � co saturday evening at three p m we anchor in the port of and the next minute found me once more upon english ground this was a pleasure of no small kind and in stepping foot again upon the soil of that country which contains much that i prize and more that i admire i could not refrain from repeating to myself � england with all thy faults i love thee still � the same rich which renders the fields of ireland so lovely i found the hills of the country too immediately round is with low of earth clothed with a fine green turf instead of hedges of thorn � in the same manner as are most of the enclosed lands which i saw in ireland the of are numerous and excellent but the town itself of little beauty the poorer inhabitants whether men women or children wear large clumsy wooden shoes which make a very disagreeable as they tread the pavement but disagreeable as the sound is i am much more pleased with it than being obliged to see the same classes of people walking the streets as is the case among the irish to an inn i learnt that no would proceed to before monday � a place which i wish much to take in my route to � and finding also no post horses disengaged i was obliged though very reluctantly to make up my mind to stay in over sunday but my was of short continuance a few minutes after a vehicle precisely similar to the irish drove to the door and on going to the window from the impulse of curiosity wondering how these singular machines should have found their way into england i ascertained with surprise and pleasure that it was an to conveyance was stopping to take in passengers for a small town somewhat more than half way to � all this by the by though a stated daily arrangement the good landlord for very obvious reasons had taken care not to me of himself � finding one seat i immediately threw my into the vehicle and the next instant it drove off of the other three passengers one was a native of and just landed from the isle of man � a very intelligent and pleasant companion he was familiar with the road and being rather more than englishmen generally are gave me much information of places and things as we drove along the road for the first three or four miles followed pretty close by the coast but afterwards into the interior of the country the face of this was and broken into high but by no means we passed a few villages the houses of which exhibited a neat appearance numerous farm houses and cottages also were scattered in every direction and in front of most of them might be seen little or gardens or the women whom we passed were all neat and those that were young and blooming � improved in this respect contrasted with the irish after a ride of eight miles we came in view of the � a little stream � rolling its waters over a bed of pebbles and through a succession of richly it accompanied us during the remainder of the way and amused me much by its and one mile further i caught the first glimpse of it is not as i conceived a single mountain rising in a lofty but a broken towering chain of loose lazy clouds were floating around their alternately and them to view as we 