the doctor was firm � and the american who travels in europe with limited means must cultivate this virtue or he will be robbed at every street corner the passage down the river was delightful and was fully enjoyed by the travellers at they employed a shore boat to them to the ship the regular fare for a two oar boat was sixpence but the had the impudence to demand two shillings which however they did not get paul was a lion on board and he had an interested audience while he spun his in the afternoon one half of the ship s company were permitted to go on shore and explore did you have any money paul asked the fourth lieutenant who had been so rebellious at young america in ireland and scotland the time when the students had been compelled to deliver their money to the principal certainly i did i drew on mr for thirty shillings replied paul the fellows begin to feel bad about their money again added we are going to have a chance to go on shore now and if one of us is hungry we haven t a penny to buy a mr will do what is right about it you may be sure well i hope he will i have always had a little money iii my pocket and i don t like to feel like a beggar he gave small sums to those who went on shore this afternoon added paul well i hope he won t be mean about it he won t you may depend upon it and i hope all the fellows will use their money properly of course they will i m afraid some will not which may stop their allowance if the fellows don t get their money there ll be another i you don t believe in the paul i m sure i don t i don t think much of it but there will be trouble if the money is kept back shortly after this conversation the boats came off with the boys who had visited uie shore and all hands were to muster to enable the principal to inform them that the entire ship s company would and or visit cork on the following day and make an excursion to castle this intelligence was re with intense satisfaction by the bo s dr had brought an invitation from his worship tlie mayor for the whole ship s company to pay a visit to the city the next day at ten o clock in the after two hours of study by the students one of the little which had been engaged for the purpose came alongside and all the boys went on board and also the occupants of the main cabin the ship being left in charge of peaks the on their arrival in cork they were received and welcomed by his worship who invited them to partake of a in the town hall at three o clock mr replied for the students but in order to give the irish an to know what american boys are captain was called out and made a very modest and pretty speech thanking his worship for his kindness and hospitality and promising ever to hold the pleasant city of cork in grateful remembrance doubtless tlie mayor was surprised to hear a boy of seventeen make a speech for it was more than h r h the prince of wales could do at nineteen when he was and in america after these ceremonies the boys who had been carefully charged before they left the ship to behave like gentlemen were allowed to explore the city at their own pleasure with positive to be at the town hall by three o clock a little liberty was by the boys two and young america in ireland and scotland sixpence in small coin had been paid to each student and all of them were in condition to enjoy themselves it is probable that some of them drank more than one glass of ale which is almost as plenty as water all over the united kingdom and it is known that there were some though none of a serious nature for instance when a rude fellow in great george street ventured to say something about a bit of a as passed he was knocked over for his this was more than any or any irish boy could stand and a mild type of fair was actually in progress when a couple of the city police stepped up and drove off the at the appointed hour the boys too much interested in the excursion to castle to be were all on hand at the town hall the was disposed of with excellent relish after the exercise of the morning and with all the more relish because it was so different from the food to which they had been accustomed during the voyage fowl and ham is a favorite combination in the united kingdom and this was the of the feast cold roast beef and cold mutton were also supplied with and cheese while the guests were occupied with the twenty four cars had been collected at mr s request upon which the whole party mounted and started for the drive along tlie bank of the river was exceedingly pleasant and the obtained first view of the rural districts the country was certainly very and or but like most americans who travel in the united kingdom our were greatly pointed because they could see so little of it there were fine garden and magnificent estates but hardly a sight of them could be obtained for they were all surrounded by high stone walls sometimes ten feet iii height and the tops covered with sharp stones and in some instances with broken bottles to prevent tlie of farther from cork they came to open places and obtained a more extended view of the country and 