The New York herald., 1872-09-14

drive out in their cS,risres M and i' snend more
than than they make, tryp 70 Keep up with the London
bankrupt or going to be, and that's Brighton for
1t VIII ee observed. that considering the two
sensve 3@a received pretty varied VARIED a. ana some s%
satlsiact .on in talking 10 people Of this kind
one aIe ~ ke ,nrn sss cae anS stream
q Conversation % gushes s forth tSA which you have
0Wy to direct now and then by word so un-
sn6 %Sa TO
word by vigorous pumping process, ana whose
talk coming out In weak ,ss and 1roes r
pumps one sometimes meets In the country, into
which You nave ito to or m oHr ,t s e
found out besides that the information received
about the good folks OF Brighton was perfectly re.
liable ana that the barmads estimate OF them was
quite correct.
Arrived at the station bade adieu to my fair
friend, and proceeded to the house or Mr.. Cordy
Burroughs the Mayor, in search Of Mr.. Stanley
respondent ts the guest of the city OF Brighton.
found nobody at home, however, as they had all
OF the British Association. proceeded therefore,
70 look about the town and to observe OF the
characteristics OF o fashionable English seaside
place.
A town OF about one hundred thousand inhabi-
gently back from the ocean and pa partly T in little
hollow scooped ont OF the land, that looks as
The houses seem to consist principally Of bay win.
dows, sheltered by green awnings and blinds; the
are one or two gardens but further than that there
! are no trees-a strange want to be felt In place
bathing place and everybody comes for
the .s ostenslble bic, purpose 81 % sea bathing
the the salt water as though they lived in it. NOBODY
does bathe except in the bath houses, which are
ss or n @ o.
may see In going along the beach perhaps fifteen or
| twenty bathers, hall OF whom are ragged urchins
OF both sexes, Indigenous to the surf as to the
To tell the truth the beach is not at all suitable
probably, with the wind smooth; pebbles that
tumble about under the action of the waves like
rattling bones; fine, broad stretch OF soft white
sand, like at Trouvine. but a disagreeabie smell,
| as OF rotten wood and decaying scaweed, mixed up
sorts Of dirty black, tarry. pitchy fs6ins boats,
hauled upon the beach out OF the way OF the waves
eg e
rickety lonely looking old bathing machines, inter
spersed here and there between them wherever q
place can be found higher up; o hot, dusty road
leading along in front of the town. popularity sup:
posed to be pleasant promenade, but unprotected
by q single tree or shrub or green thing
tropical sun: a temperature during the greater
eat and dust and BAD are the stt
ing characteristics OF this fashionable seaside place,
have @ TO 1ss s%
Englishmen seem to know or understand the diff
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whether it be comfortable and cool and pleasant,
came here and built sort Of summer palace, a
barbarous mixture of the Chinese and modern
and has remained so, more or less, ever since.
1e e o csan se1sds aside
its fresh sea breezes unpolluted BY the smell OF
@ Its s abruptly
from which peep forth modest little villas and cot
tages, it's air OF quiet ease ana enjoyment as com
fish town, aTords striking Illustration Of the
difference between English and French taste in
adapting the beautiful the elegant and artistic to
the ordinary wants OF life.
THE AQUARIUM.
The only Interesting thing about Brighton is the
newly opened aquarium and that alone makes
Brighton worth visit. II Is much the largest thing
place in Which to spend ew Soars
combining amusement with instruction. Imagine
Sy out along the
zen hoo so%e eS or forty % feet
Something IKE the t,DiSUians in ''e the houses houses
Of the ancient s Romans Us On one side is q
GUS purposes relating to the aquarium. The moor
is paved with smooth clean RED tiles and here you
and tai take your our, coffee far removed from
stone steps BY which you descend is long, broad,
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two rows Of pillars, and which at frs sight appears
almost entirely dark. AS You enter it, however,
light which rests and soOthes them alter the glare
above lor before You, seemingly In the dim dis
mated 6y strange aqueous light, ike those % re-
nected from the bottom OF the deep sea, and be.
plants and MOWERS, from The further upper end % Of
which springs ;pr stream & Of bright clear water that
miniature cascade with sound that at reaches
the ear IN pleasant subdaed musical murmur.
% on either side SIDE, Of you G wan q water rises far
caverns extending to an Invisible dstance 'ro ap
parentiy looking ten times larger than they really
down from above, and Inhabited by ali sorts Of
fishes and monsters OF the deep. The effect pro-
being deep Tie %diery aSoas
among its caverns and grottoes seeing on Intimate
without any Of the inconvenience esA attend tend
ing such an excursion...a divers view of
trouble and danger. cannot I'M imagine any my
more pleasant way Of passing an idle hour than BY
deep at their everyday life and actions. Subjects
for study. means for instruction, iood for renec-
even. may be found in watching the movements Of
this strange submarine world. Here is the mpu-
a in yo @ ans and ookg M 5ne w
critical eye as If forming an estimate OF your cos
tune tune. and nc general appearance, and seemingly as
in his. and then whisking on with sudden
as though , his OF you
are three or four specimens OF the 'spotted nurse
hound, !" coled up In a shady nook. like snakes.
and evidently sleeping OF the effects OF the last
nights debauch; for he is Jolly dog, this fish, and
goes bumming around all night, with three or four
boon companions, turning night into day with his
disrcputable habits, and disturbing quiet, well con-
Quoted Dsh who have retired to bed on the pebby
bottom of the tank with his nocturnal registering.
| And then there is q relative OF his, the ''pcked
d0gfsh" who IL worse yet With him 1t is never
nights he has one OF those iron constitutions that
stand the strain OF constant disspation and he
makes one long fevel OF the four and twenty hours.
He goes everywhere, pokes his nose into everyt
with the other fish, often his elders, and may be
considered the nldupais stttet OF the aquarium. ]
| have seen him 60 and deliberately poke his snout
| under sleeping lobster In the most uncaed-for