bear a very high character among his by v ic american note books neighbors since he kept the light he has lost two wives � the first a young creature whom he used to leave alone upon this desolate rock and the gloom and terror of the situation were probably the cause of her death the second wife the same kind of treatment ran away from him and returned to her friends he to be religious but drinks about a year ago he attempted to row out alone from there was a head wind and head tide and he would have inevitably drifted out to sea if mr had not saved him while we were standing in his garden patch i heard a woman s voice inside the dwelling but know not whose it was a nine miles from shore would be a delightful place for a new married couple to spend their or their whole first year on our way back we landed at another island called s rock or some such name it has but little soil as we approached it a large bird flew away mr took it to be a and while walking over the island an owl started up from among the rocks near us and flew away apparently uncertain of its course it was a brown owl but mr says that there are beautiful white which spend the winter here and feed upon rats these are very abundant and live amidst the rocks � probably having been brought hither by vessels the water to day was not so transparent as sometimes but had a slight haze diffused through it somewhat like that of the atmosphere the passengers brought by the spy yesterday still by v ic american note books remain with us they consist of country a country doctor and such sorts of people rude shrewd aud simple and well behaved enough wondering at and equally at down to table with their coats off helping themselves out of the dish with their own forks taking on the plates off which they have eaten meat people at just this stage of manners are more disagreeable than at any other stage they are aware of some but not so deeply aware as to make them a matter of conscience they may be heard talking of the financial affairs of the expedition reckoning wliat money each has paid one offers to pay another three or four cents which the latter has it s of no consequence sir says his friend with a tone of conscious liberality that s near enough this is a most hot day there is a young lady staying at the hotel afflicted with what her friends call but which is probably she seems unable to walk or sit up but every pleasant day about the middle of the she is dragged out beneath the on a sofa to day she has been there until late in the decline of the afternoon it is a delightful place where the breezes stir if any are in motion the young girls her sisters or cousins and mr s sister sat round her cheerfully and singing and they were so merry that it did not seem as if there could be an sick one in the midst of them the spy came to day with more passengers of no particular character she still remains off the landing with her sails in the wind by vol ii o � american note books the mail arrived to day but nothing for me close by the at the end of the hotel is drawn up a lai e boat of ten or twelve tons which got injured in some gale and probably will remain there for years to decay and be a picturesque and characteristic object the spy has been lying in the broad track of golden light thrown by the sun far down towards the horizon over the rippling water her sails throwing distinct dark shadows over the brightness she has now got under way and set sail on a course for carrying off i believe all the passengers she brought to day september � here is another beautiful morning with the sun in the early sunshine four are in sight motionless on the sea with the whiteness of their sails reflected in it the heat haze sleeps along the shore though not so as quite to hide it and there is the promise of another very warm day as yet however the air is cool and refreshing around the island there is the little of a breeze but where the sail boats are a mile or more off the sea is perfectly calm the sing and i hear the of birds besides at the base of the yesterday we saw the wings and feathers of a decayed little bird and mr said they often flew the em with such force as to kill themselves and that large quantities of them might be picked up how came little birds out of their nests at night why should they meet destruction from the radiance that proves the salvation of other beings p by v american note books mr had once a man living with him who had seen old the ghost he met him between the hotel and the sea and describes him as dressed in a sort of frock and with a very dreadful countenance two or three years ago the crew of a wrecked vessel a wrecked near boon island landed on island of a winter night and found shelter in the hotel it was from the eastward there were six or seven men with the mate and it was midnight when they got ashore the common sailors as soon as they were physically comfortable seemed to be perfectly at ease the captain walked the floor himself for a silver watch which he had lost the mate being the only married man talked about his they all told 