New-York tribune., 1868-09-08


..s..,,,,,,oori,o islands You not only know that
49, 80 ,,reIv surrounded by water, but you see
,,,1 Col II You are as much out at sea as II you
- on hoard the Great Eastern nine miles from
.bore Fancy your big ship-three miles In cilouHF
ference-anchored and composed of bold rocks I,'''
Nincled with patches of green grass ana ."
the best idea of Appledore that can be oola'n'% -
looking at it with the imagination But oeilis i'ta
estly at anchoryou enjoy privileges that uo nv -,
into the experience of passengers on Doaiu I;
ships First there Is boating aDd Ooa''ls -
there is more than ordinary eXhlEN"'oN' - a. !
iostic swell of the ocean gives dignity anu Ho'' ~
rowing that is foreign to the placidi'S VI ",'i,
,,ae. "a slee,v rivers To row round Apple
- ~, tho Tgbt of a brilliantly setting sun Is
- oo,nroon pleasure and TO make the circuit III
hs,f an bour in the peculiarly heavy boats OF the
hoaIs is a crcditable performance lor an
amateur and-a woman More than this you may
row 10 Duck Island when the weather Is 1alr' an"
bag ployer "a we'll as other game. Time was When
the rocks of Duck Island could tell of beng coVeIcu
with sea gulls eggs but the yandal hahuS VI ni,"
aud boys have pilfered them so ruthleSsy lhat 'n0
sea-gulls have flown to parts unknown. FROM Du0N
Island Won may row to Smutty Nose" and wander
ING about discover the graves of fourteen Spanlarus
- ,,or,. ,oers AGO were wrecked of the island
dnr;rg . terrible snow-storm and were frozen TO
deotb after having made their way within a ROD OF
the house whose light had been their beacon lhere
in row with granite head and fOot-stones lie these
romcIess men. and Heaven only knows how women
stood "watcbinr and wringng their hands for those
who would never come back to the town
It's but half mile from Smutty Nose to star
Island and the latter is by far the most interesting
island to visit its southern extremity being eAceeu
nrly fne-in bodneSs of rock and outllne'. l's oiu
oves together with its old church, standing upon
4 1v n
ness High up and looking far ont to sea Is nloh-
uucnt 10 the memory of Capt. John Smith belnga
Triangular marble shaft five feet high poised upon
Granite pedestal and surmOunted with three luIhS
heads with very fiat faces and very long noses.
doubt whether they are correct hkeneSseS OF tue
three Turkish champions that the redoubtable cap
io ilIcd in single combat at the tender age of II,
and for which he was hOnored with trumphal pro-
cession. The idea of erecting mIn"",gnt mon ds
TO John Smiths memory on the lsIes us
covered by him and in the presence OF
the coast whose first map was drawn Oy nm,
excellent but that monument so Tretehediy y onI
be the only momentO furnished by America. Is more
insult than an honor; worse inscription GoHdt a
not possibly have been devised and to prove to What
depths the English language may descend, trans
crbe what has been family scratched INTO the
marble as to render decphering as dlsagreeaDie as
JOIN Smith vas born at winoughby Lincolnshire Ergand l57os
Sd o hse9snsy 81 Id% 81 SeSR1eaad These Isles properly
Smiths Isles discovered hm in April lli While "lta
eight exploring the coast iom PeOOoso'
Capt John nsarss nebenen In Bis generosity
toward the public be almost forgot himself those VINO seN a s
his guide experience hi, seconds despssg Ssssne 'a pT'e,
~SisS be would not share bass var, Of
What be had or could ge. he would rather want than borrow
sIys 1 and PG "a E Be Sr. S,d & sEsS & aG A ad s @
Ia reward Of BIS ysor the Prince Of Tuvsnis presented
Captain John Smith hs picture set gold gave hm 9 go
s ss S f1S G ''1sS cS S vSSsrS 81 1vsFs s
sst New bat h Seker bs land the
house Ss sS y ny own % Sas those e Who knew .@ only 6 M dep
of the interesting aet. Of h % ss, lea co % zoe
BeeIs Supervisor, Allen Treat Constructor"
That it should have required an erector super,
visor and constructor 10 produce this monument
with it's OveriOwlng inscription recalls an occasion
when mountain is said to have brought forth a
mouse; yet of the two should say that tins latter
day effort is by far the most ridicHius mus If Cap
tain John Smith is TO receive attentions from poster
80 Let nosteritv he a credit to itself as well to
81 lis fathers Did ever visitor to Appledore sub
scribe one dollar toward erecting suitable mon
ument to the hero of the lslesIstpulatlng that
said monument should be on the highest point Oi
land on The Shoals, which would be Ill the unlne-
diate vicinity of the cairn supposed TO nave Deeh
built by Smth-it would require but few years
70 collect such fund as would evolve very diff
ereut memorial from that which sits mp on Star
island like an intruder and paryenu, insisting upon
keeping good company. .,
There IS qnite large cavern in Star Island called
Betty Moody's Cave, where in the tomahawk period
Betty is said to have concealed herself and her chi
,lFen with n view to preserving the family scaps
aud where she chOked her offspring to death lest
they should disclose her hidingplace. An imagina-
i've cicerone may show Won discolOrations in the
TncI and proclaim them 10 be blood: but as choking
is generally accomplished without loss OF blood, you
arc at Liberty to sprinkle several grains OF salt upon
the tail of this statement. 1hCn there Is schOO on
the island and bnghteT-faco children cannot be
found anywhere Their pOt-hOoks and hangers are
mOdels-duite as good continental. Looking
over the fy-leaycs of some OF the glIis BOOKS
chanced upon gmpses of poetic sentiment that
threw into the background the remembrance OF my
own schOOl-days. In one prononnclng speilng-b0Ok,
where the fair owner had dared TO write, % i an
lone" read the following significant conpet:
book, for fear Of shame,
for here yol the owners name
Doubling however. the force of moral suasIOn, she
cuched the matter by adding,
For ne carries big ackkHis"
In another book read that
MARY T. Berry nsme
Aud with my prnsl Tne the same
Who shall say that the MUSES. have no followers On
the Isles of Shoals
tho rowing entails no fatigue, and YOU may reward
yourself by gathering shells with view to future
bracelets and necklaces. The beach on which yOn
lie while performing this pleasant task is soft and
cool 10 the touch being composed OF detunct shells
that seem 20 have been ground between the upper
and neither milestone. and form as lovely kaleIdo-
scope as ever made without pTeneditatlOn. Inc
combination of cOlOrs is beautiful and it not
for the danger of ANIMALS secTetiDg themselves IN Its
bed and there dying. no finer material could be
thought of for the bottom of an aquaria On London
ers too there are rocks where one may climb and
watch the breakers from the South; but lest night
Overtake us, will be off to White Island, with
its picturesque stone lighthouse, slXty-seven
feet high and bnlt the top of a rock, which, in
breezy weather looks like the head of boar with
ferocOusly white tusks that are fashioned out of the
breakers playing around its mouth. A triangular
passage 800 feet long, leads from the Lighthouse to
10 the dwelling of the three men who live there all
the year round, and though there be no grandeur
about the scene such as belongs to EddystOne or TO
the uncanny lighthouses in Scotland and the north
of England, there is solitude and wildneSs enough TO
set fancy going. Very interesting is 1t 70 mount to