The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-07
THE SHORE END.

Ftrrt Day-Saturday, July ~.
correspondence OF tho London fimes1
VALENrrA July n l66k

Ftrrt Day-Saturday, July ~.
tCorrespondence Of tho London fimesl
vAlxSrA, July q, 1905.
rAKBH
Yesterday morning the nrss rrsat step 10 this impSst
sns undertaking accomplished BY hauling on land
the massive shore end up the cl At the
extremity Of this island and successfully laying
from the Caroline out into deep water distance Of
twenty i've mes at BY nearly fortnight the time
has been overpassed when this should have been CON
cIesd In part tho delay has been due the
and under power Of the Caroline herself and part also
10 ue very unsettled state OF the weather
wiz Txx WORK wAs DnAyED-uSsKiLvUL wEArnn
The fiacious value OF averages has never been more
strklsly exsmpliBed than the predicted for
all these Atlantic expeditions The first OF all took
place in August, during which month il was carefully
asertained by reference logs and nautical authorities
that no wind to be expected in the Atlantic Yet at
three hundred miles from the pitching Of the
Agamemnon in heavy wind aud parted the cable
aed thus put enectua end 10 both prediction
peditlon for that year In the following year II was
attempted in jane, during which month bad winds
sasd TO be nnknown, and the result thai arrange
ment was that the Agamemnon for least ays
In hourly danger OF succumbing to one OF the worst
gales that ever swept the Atlantic and which cui.
minated the very day when storms were said 10 be
unheard ofthe 2lst OF June This time July has been
chosen as the period when II blows "Iong or
strong, aud the Great Eastern have left here
the 18th OF this month Yet gales Of severity
have retarded her till now In the present instance the
choice Of July seems ~ have been than usually
fortunate, nasmuch that il stated mere tina, last
month WAS the calmest and finest known for years
while this MONTH the contrary, has been precisely
TO-da all IN
promise fairly, and If everything goes we'll with the
electrical perectness Of the splice the shore end the
Great Eastern, large @ she is, will be out Of sight
before dusk this evening, nfty mee her way New
foundlznd.
rHK BAY
The place chosen for the landing Of the shore end
this occasion r different from that selected the
previous expeditions and the change is on the whole an
Improvement IL liz one OF those deep nlets between
the hills and hesdands this iron bound coast about
mile long by half mile vide, with its mouth almost
closed against the sea by ragged irregular knoll Of
heath and rock called Buffers Island Behind this lit
tie Island not much larger than the Green Park the
ters OF Foilhommerum Bay as is called are calm and
s enough, and the sheer black precipices three hun
dred fee, high, which form tho boundaries Of
the deep wster, are seldom marked with foam.
Anything more picturesque than the rugged gran
deur Of this little bay scarcely be conceived
with its gsunt, dark cliffs, scanned here and
there with gaps and rcnts like mountains fallen into
ruins In almost every part they have steepness which
is nearly perpendicular and II makes one equally sddy
10 look up AT or down from them Al the head OF tho
little bay Is rough indication OF earhwork but only
just enough 10 show what its regular outline
ThT Is one Of Cromwes old forts Al It's northern ex.
reroty towards the Bray Head one of the huge
savage looking mountains which, running int tho
sea double the dangers Of this dangerous coast though
RON andsman's point Of view, they invaluable,
adding 80 much 10 the stern grandeur Of the scene
From the peak Of Bray Head the mist s seldom owed
md at e ponderous base the blue waters seldom touch
'ut they churned into fakes OF foam, The waves
'eep booming with regular beat against us cns calm or
TORN, winter or summer Against this poin-tbe FIRST
and which the great roll Of the Atlantic meets-ihe
urge 10 never quiet
THa ntrAiis OF TIE LtsDiro sponE
into this bay 20 sheltered by the sland and Pray
iead the Caroline brought round early Fri
10y nut though ail was still enough inside the cove
bang could be done beyond a. where amid thick clouds
~ving rain, laundering swell rolling which
ne sb'fe could not attempt 10 meet Yesterday, how
Ve', 'be day was calm, sDd, what better s5 the
VIE wnd That Siirred was 90 The shore giving smooth
''ct 10 ro'lhommcrum Bay. Al eight O'Clock there
'fe' the ,oDdins Of The shore end commenced sir