New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-03
BAYARD TAYLOR's LETTERS.

FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO GIBRALTAR.
rsitorial corr..pondenee Of The Ny. Trtstss
On board steamer Madras, Of Cape s. Vincent
PoarrGAL Weanesiay Nov. ,. lsa2.

! with particles OF SCOT. lett LONDON ou the -'tH
ut l. WAS one of the disnalest days OF a,l-
tunn: there was a cold, dreary ram the mead
ows of Berkshire were flooded with broad mud
! d. streams. and the woods on rhe hills of ltamp-
| shire looked brown and sodden, as ii slowly rot
ting away Preached Southampton at dusk. but
| there the sky was neither warmer nor clearer,
So spent the evening over coal fire, all i'm
| patience for the bright beloved South, toward
! which my face was turned once more.
The MadrdS left On the next day, ar : NJ,
/ in the midst OF a chcerleSS rain. which hail
| blotycd cut the pleasant shores OF Southampton
/ Water. and the Isle Of Wight twas a Friday,
/ which BODIED no good FOR the voyage, but then
| my journey commenced with my leaving Lon
| don the day previous and Thursday is IA lucky
! day among the Arabs. Let no one make light Jt
these trifies. II is better to have superstition
with yea than against Won | caught watery
view Of the gray cliffs Of the Needles when DIN
ner was announced, but many were those (and
| among them) who commenced that meal, and
did not stay to finish it.
Is ticre any piece of water more unreasOna-
! bly,, distres ingly disgustiugiy rough and per-
| verse, Than the British Channel Yes: there
| il one, and but one-the Bay Of BlScay. And as
| the latter succeeds The lOrner, llhOut a pause
between. and the head-winds never ceased. AMI
the rain continually poured, leave you 70 draw
the climax Of my misery. Alas that the 2Jth
should have fallen on a Friday -Four days aud
four nights in berth hing on your back, now
doing dull hour after hour, now making flint
endeayors to eat now reading page OF Uncle
Toms Cabin, so weak, physically. chat YOU have
great difficulty to keep frum bluDbernlg over il
is not this sufficient bad luck 20 Justify the su-
peistitiOn' THE winds are rude in Bscav.
Byron says They are indeed rery rude. They
must have been raised in some most disOrlerly
quarter If the globe They pitched the waves
right over our bulwarks, ana ROW and then
dashed bucket tull of water down the cabin
skylight, swapping the ladies' ..,njn AMI setting
scores OF bandboXes aF.C,a,. Not thar there was
'le ieas' "r.,dal danger; but Mrs - viii
iV' &C Persuaded that we Were NOT on the brink
OF destruction, and is now writing TO friends at
home q yoluminous account of her feeling
There ia an Irishman on board, bound 10 Italy,
with his sister Ii is his first tour and when
asked Why he did not 90 direct through France,
be replied, with brOthegy concern, that he was
anxious his sister should see the Bay Of Biscay.
This youth perceptions are of such an emer-
aid hue. that lot OF wicked Englshmen are
having their own fun our ofhim. The other day
he was trying 20 shave to the great danger of
sliCing oil his nose, as the vessel was rolling
feariully. Why don't you have thc ship turned
before Tie wind = said one OF the Englishmcn,
who heard lis complaints; she viii then lie
steady, and you car shaye beautifully There
upon the iilshllan sent one OF the stewards
upon deck with polite message 10 the captain,
begging him 10 puC the vessel about for five
inmates. He Is now under the delusion thar
We are short OF provisions, and viii be pur on
allowance tomorrow His concern 10 provide
for his sisters appetite in such q strait, has.
believe, touched the hearts OF mis- tOrunentors
Alter all, his innocence is little worse than
The entire worldhness OF some oil their natilras
here are among them a number bound tor the
Nde--sOme with the true spirit Of enthusiasm.
and some because there are no game-aWs in
Egypt. ! overheard one of them say TODAY:
his seeing the Nile is a nice thing To hire
gOtteH orer, but it must be bore while Won are
about IT," Such is the spirit Of those travelling
snobs, (of all nations by some OF whom sacred
Egypt Is pT0aned every winter. They are IN.
worthy 10 behold the gOries of the Nile. and if
l lad the management OF Society, they never
should. palu.-tree is 10 them a good post
to shoot pigeon from; Dendera is rum old
concern, and crocodile is better than Kar.
nak. But Egypt is helpless, and her temples
nave ho PF0c~ that can stay these bar
barlans.
""-H -O"n VI VIC udy We saw the dark,
rugged mountains that guard the nortb.rasta-n
corner Of the Spanish Peninsula. We nessaJ
the Bay OF COrunna, and ROUNDING rbe hold
headland OF Finistere, left the Biscayan biiIors
behind Us. But the sea was sriII ronab al 3D.,
sky clouded, though this morning the mIdness
OF the air showed the change In orr laritrda
About nOOn today We made the Burngs 3
cluster OF rocks forty miles north of Lisbon. and
just before sunset atransientlifting OF the conds
revealed the Rock OF Cintra, ar The mouth os
the lagus. HE tall, perpendicular cliffs ami
the mOuntaln-slOpes behind covered u.;,b -
dens. orchards and scattered villas and bsn,fas+.
made grand though dim picture. WHICH U.s.
soon hidden from our view.
We ere now not far from Cape ST. Vincent
which We shall pass in the uiGbt Tho saa !.
quieter, and | rejoice in returning anim,tion
though almost in despair OF ever sea;na 81,
SKY again. The Madras is lust now a siognI"ri1
appropriate vessel for one bound ON sycb /.
journey as mine. The surgeon is DIR Mnngo
ferk' with whom crossed the Atlantic in r5e
I'll! oi Mahchester, lass year. and one of nv
rooT-mates is Mr.. R Crusoe. - '-' u ny
TO the northwest, Cape ST. yioca,, "A 49,
Srlsei az siEnirs bo0c-red bluslug M, 60, ~,
E,d gray 1'N "I9saIIai zrana
GIBRALTAR, Saturday. Nov 6,
On the 4th, We We're nearly an dsv crossinc
the mouth OF the Bay of Cadii. and o1lv A. I'm
set saw Cape Trafalgar afar of. gIiinmsri ,u
through reddish haze | remained on IL
as there were patches OF starlight in rho sLv
ana after passing the lighthouse az Tar;f, rfe
spanish shore continued to be yisible r. an
o.her hour there was dim, cloudy outline b;gb
ABOVE 'he horizon, on our right. This was t6e
Lesser Atas, IN Morocco. And now. right
ahead, distinctly visible, though fifteen miles Dis
tant, LAY colossal lion, with its head on is out.
1 ,c on It's paws looking towards Africa
II had been brought to the spot bIindfoIded