, 1870-08-25
THE WATERlNa-PLAcEs,
Notes En- Route.
The Yachts--Strange People--Sea-
sonable Impressions.



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Some Summer5ne Studies.
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fFHoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
BLOCK ISLAND, Aug. II.
From this most lonesome and isolated
;a,.nd which b,va oaa,, ,,-ottz +,,,I,, ", th.o,
bo,-es r;dfnr -. f.o' 49, 49,! 80
uo"Ae ~ 80 @s' st.. ua,"1s1 so"e .ans1es nun
the past weeks threading Of the seaside
places.
aA11, ga r1ncv ,a,.xn
Hera ia nne ~ tEa ~. - ,a1,o+a ;a,,a. .h,.
as,a.s s..4NI~ ..oas 4er'.o 10y, s 's11aoe tuat
We Possesa, ,"enty maes saA from the neas-
est pofts OF the mainland, standing In the sea
like bomb ahot toward the Azores. It is an
old Island, we'll known to Roger Williams and
H., oo,o-a1.+;.v> h,....,. = =.
1e,s 80. |a'.,. n ~ s9oa ~, "
c1ea1 o"ss t1oW EoluL Juattn. 1lon Watcn Hill,
and from Newport Ridge. It supports one star
of that constellation Of lighthouses which
light up the way for New England shinmsstara
,,o;7,, to,r,-a NJ VI, ,5 - :, i.a:"s
6e-s 6., .e""4. 40" 'o1a, "na ~ 10 asaoc"teo
WITH tho nation OF men TO which 1t belongs by
meana OF two lines Of packets, one from New
QQftN KQU Inc Ot1Ht 1T0m Et0nlnEtHn- Hfha
Newport packet brings the mail once q week
for the annual sum of ou6 .teut per annnrn.
lawful money Of the United Statea. beinr
stimulated to do 30 much for 80 little by soma
sort Of shipmasters' competition, which I was
too idle or too Indifferent to inquiro into Az
sss aa 4. could n make tho packet which
sengers, and the faro to Block Ialand from
Newport il one dollar,
Our vessel was = pretty yacht, feet and
clean, with little cabin at, holding six
berths, a bin Of ice, and cisterp Of fresh
water. There were about thirty Of Us enrellei
on the passenger list, and We got aboard At
Watch Hill about the middle of thn fornnonn
The whole sea wns alive with COASTERS. fish
ing smacks, foreign and Nova Scotian barks
and colliers, making their perpetual panornma
between New York and Boston. No pnrt Of
Channel nor the Irish Sea. Two or three large
Etes1nboats overlook and passed us, going to
the yacht race at Newport. and We give them
tois. The Only humorous member f Of the oarty urt
was tat man who started out we'll corned upon
fishing. This person Lad tie isl, fever. He
Sat on the howsprit. in q convenient position
either to yomit or to tall overooard. and
threw troll line on in the blind hope OF catch
| ing Spanish mackerel. After two hours hard
work, batting with the whiskey bottle eyerv
line with sufficient accuracy to catch the
Captain's1at.
The Captain than ordered him into the belly
of the boat, where he spent tho rest Of the
| voyage protesting against the envy OF sail
ora, when gouuine spostsmen encroached upon
sleep with tho song OF The Little Brown
Jug, and he woke up at tho landing with wild
expressions Of 1eadlong desire to begin blue
fishing Immediately. It was so clear day
and SO ino sail that, 10 the whole twenty
miles. not a lady on board was sick. One fair
creature, indeed, kept hcEhead upon the gun
vale, explaining that, though ehe was not sick,
yet she feared that il ehe raised her hesd she
| might be, and after while young man Gus.
pectel OF harboring sheopish thoughts toward
this lady, insenioasIy and without apparent
moyenent 71.,, a slipped hIs shonldss 5 under heg
the yacht company hero, but the young woman
was afraid to lift her head till wo got ashore,
and then did it with elgh, while. as for the
young man, his cramped position had given
him stif1-neck, Of which be seemed proud.
OF whales swimming in line, had meantime
been rising bolter and bolder IRON the water.
taking lines and character as ne drow nearer,
the blue tints changing to dewv greens, the
golden flashes to warm browns, the apparent
by ard by tie codtigi, and mackesel smacks
we're mainly hromrht tn y;ew va co1,1i aao
tHa l;nas sn1asl ia f;s,,era, "" fast;,,1 t,,e Se
n,hblaa n;th their fnrofir rers and ths ;int1
fo,n,ders and stIuecline blseEa,t, risa nyer T the
sides of thn hoafs' Gnminc, c1osa nndar ia
o1,en oceau. and ran down the aastarr cnast
| Til We reachel 4 spreaiiinr cove w1ora W.
iirnnnei tha iii ard 1sv to emoneat naar1r
| l,nniirej sharn-nnintcf3 fjal,;nr canoau moorad
| tocetler by pstrs and triplets' amonrst brush.
wood stakes. Row-boats carried us 81 to the
1
were soon At Cards Hotel. 'A'' W.
LIFE on nIocY ISLE.
Tho first thing that wa ohserrad from thi.
high hotel VAS he smell Of fah. The naIt ths
inereased macpifcence Of the nnobstrnet
nd ocean y;ew. and then. va weTe i'm
f. which this ocesu rocE bas baer
hrorrht hr the di,;osnce and nersayerancs a.
;ts neonic Two l,1rn nrateanas d;vii7ad hv
breach Of the sea ana large salt pond whicl
has entered the creyasso. these p1afeaus some
times i'm confronting tie sea With cliffs Two hun
sand beaches, there WIS set scarcely 4 ire,
in sight. nothing higher than a corn fell
be,nr obeeryed, except a few domestic vii
lows, carefully nnrsed through the winter
for tho island is exposed to tho ful
fury OF the Atlantic blast, blowinl
sap will not live in the tree trunks. The sal
inspiring flavor Of the sea fills all the atmos
nhere, Which is cool in the most torrid mid
summer, and delicious green mantle wrap
: tho whole island, 80 that It looks, not like a
emerald. III like a skin Of moss drawn tigh
; were once a. thick al pebbles on . strand, hay
t all been picked BY hand from the fields IN
5 used to build stone walls, The roads Al
9 hard and pleasant to travel upon the small
low, shrinking, cottages, are white and nea
and fields Of com in the eAr, Of potatoes. an
Of grasB and clover, make the island look lii
hanging garden. 1ts dimensions are aaye
q miles long by three miles Wide, and it contain
5 about thirteen hundred people. nearly al .
e The richest man ., is storekesper ana ns%s @s
h The fuel Tor tho people has to be brougt
from the mainland, and they burn dry tu
Chiefly. There are three hotels. small ar
primitive. which are generally filied all SUNNI
n clerrymcu. wIo pay not more than ten Golla
1t hes;, ner ~ weak for bnar1,' % > Rlnes;s1;nu s %
n tha stncE amr,, emant hara. The hath;ngs
fs;r hnr The .nrf i1;l mt snnear ~ ha his1
l. .he fond Ia almost entireiF fi.h frssh ~
Is good. hut not to be sshankcred after ali Ii
q. seasan round aud the sirhts nni characte
r. are a Town Hall. two Or tbree churches.
SCHOOL house an old huryne-eronnd. vi
tnmhstnnes daf;uer hsct to 1f;s}5 and seve,
roff;sh factories. They satt the fjsb doy
:. three days and then dry them. while thev bt
~ down tbe fisL.liTers for their oil, and use t
ut ofral to manure tho f3elde. Our hotel y
r nrin;tiye enough: cracks through he tlu
20 b; ;n a,nno,, IN t1on ff;mbla thr6noh. 1on
e. bsTe su iin;ne.room ~ % with low ceiJIne: and nd
T. waiting. eirf wi,o answered. when asked vi
choice tt,ere micht bo of riandes:
q .aWa hey rpss' biz. roas' asn. M bill
n ,;cctn
D. 1ng ascent ene w. 9pon LAO o'ieo LIN
AZ AZ HHnw mnny people are here :" We asked
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