The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-22

po,s4-Jtsr ENotoH, iSp TipsY fsLASp'--A
recent Irish publication contains serto-oO"''oo
description of the navigation OF Drunken
from which we take the following Description %
Point.Just-E Enough, and Tipsy Island i"e
writer seems we'll acquainted with the ui-
faculties and peculiar character of the naVis'-
ton: Nit r,L
eeTbe longitude and latitude OF Point-JusS
Erouoh never having been exactly ascertalned,
either from its being situated, as alreaey men
toned, in floating island, or whatever 0th9I i
cause, geogTaphers have found 1t very 1iliiouit
80 oss;Sn The precise limits of Pleasant Bay. 1t
Is ner6aps to get rid of this difficulty, that some
oe5eraphers describe Pleasant Bay as extending
fbe whole vyay from Soberland to Tipsy Island.
But whether it be or be not geographically cor
rect to apply the name of Pleasant bay 10 that
mart of the Drunken Sea which mes oeV"ee"
Point-Iust- Enough and Tipsy Island, 1t IS quite
arta,n that there he part of this sea where the
r., is en- bright the air SO fresh and exhilaratlng
or the motion Of the water 80 lively and buoyant
II banpens. therefore, as might be expected,
that many of those who leave Soberiand, WIN
the intention of going no farther than Foiht.
Just Enough, do yet, when they arrive az unS'
Point, extend their voyage TO llPsy la'
temnted bv the increasing beauty OF the scene,
| tbn favorinp wind and current, and the easy
| landing which the shore of the island presents
At no great distance. Besides these VINO thuS
Voluntarily extend their voyage from F0lht-
| Inst Enough to Tipsy Island, there are otheIs
who. over-shootlng the Point either through lg
norance or inadvertence, miss-stays IN their az
tempt to tack, and are carried to the lsIahu ny
| tbe force of the wind and current
| As it generally happens that those VINO nave
once visited Tipsy Island in either OF the ways
lust mentioned, return to it again direct lfo"l 90
berland and repeat their visit with great regniarl-
~ during the remainder of their lives. Ilpsy
Island Is ALWAYS full of visiters. The sensation
exner;enced on this Island differ emily IN degree
| from those which are felt at Point-Just-Enoush'
The pulse and heart little quicker and stronger,
| the ewes become brighter, the skin hotter, the
| face more flushed the voice louder, the gestures
more vehement, the conversation less connectea'
the ideas rambling and incoherent.
| "Some dance, some sing, some swear, some
fight, all stagger about; some become loyal ,oth-
ers philosophical; all are veracious, disnter-
| ested magnanimous, chivalrous. 1t is usual to
remain seyeral hours, and even to pass the night
upon the Island, A tsg remain upon it for sew
eral hours together; but as it is discreditable to
he seen upoa it in the morning those who regard
apnparances usually leave for Soberland some
time before day-break; many fall asleep on the
Island and are carried that state to their boats
| -Ir the morning all awake unrefreshed with a
parehed mouth, hot skin, red eyes, aching head,
| and no appetite for breakfast, and spend the day
drinking soda water at the great fountain IN the
auay of Soberland, which looks towards Pleas
ant Bav, and longing for evening in order to re-
turn to FIpsy Island, or al least $ far as Point
Just-Enough"