, 1876-06-11
THE ISLE OF MAN.
A Visit to 1t by Party of Ame1&e
can Girls.
Their Experiences Among this Mann
They Are Taken for Band
of "Female christiea."
FIR TIA Tlb1TsA

Of " Female Chr1Ht164.
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n.n, n+,,,,r. So.
Over and over again we had reiterated Mast
words ,, Il, The Kind croup OF English friends
,rho had a.,,-,ar,oa tha,r Anrrh,sn c,tzinz m
the little, shaky-looling steamer tnat was 10
carry lis over tho 1eaden, ominous Irish Zen to
tho Isle of Man. Many times within the last
fcw .1ars we hid snswerci thc o,,rrv. 4 Wl,at in
the world DO you want to go to That oot-oi-the-
way place for!' Some one had ironically r.
marked upon the wisdom OF taking party OF
girls to the Isle Of lNaa hut We had read Of Its
quaint loneliness, ite Brightness, an,, never
varying Temperature. l*eRe'"l naa 1ase'natsa Us
with accounts of a brave people, whose coat ot
arms consists Of three legs arranged like astar,
and the motto. nYhtch ever way you throw me,
stand IN snolI' "s "st1 e- S.,a ...,s.s. ~ ~
and every objection gwen oy o.hets s.tusNas
but in the light uf Al additional indueen,ene
But If, In the preceding days, NE had lohsed
lot our :es..l a.' Ia tou~. @ ~ ,hirh w. tossed
Idly dur,ne tne long nou1@ III "n'ea Nc %0"'~0
about that .......-.-
RAINY, rUxB11xo, p1sAoRsEABhs wA7ah.
II the! BE- one thin. thin approaching eoe.st sae e 4
OF sea@s'cAness nesA' - s-atah +ho
being exempt, win ample rnae " "asen .uo
agony Of others, and no place TO nee TO- ros~
tunatelv for us, however, the Captain took
comPaeslou upon ps.t,a .t ~ ~ ,rfr1rGe fEr niles
o. ad Gai sit py nnon te naddiebox Thefe, willie the
ra;n I drie7ed steadily down (for rain is chronic
n Au the Channel and Irish Seal, We perchsd for
.a,,en ~ sne ,nnrs W We had raised an Umbrella as
seven honlS' our .heia aa1 hnt IN an nnsrarded
canopy uu ~ s.ni snatrhSd It frou, our hands.
7i When we las last saw It, It was rapidly returning
.9waius hosc.;s,z At's'poo''
o'ess.ngs. 'h Inn, to,v I'm. ~ coast. toHcr Of
~ lengtn,a lonE5 10" IL ~ " ;oist' and w. re-
IIa a5iaed @ that ss escape vas near. 4 lew minutes
more O. patcnh7 7.t1a a.l1 a,hno-rschta intn
steamed past Tue n.a.e asnan rs Ao''
u. pouu1As .,e;a sAs. t,,na ,,o,e.
teI Az z,ne sne ,rnn XII rn ,vet to bed satisfied
AM 4oo.s ther a1,,5 nolue; n stat f;nti oi,r
bohemian splsst mo!ea u vi .,ats ~ th inao1c
Ealy n aeAs - 1he 1Lak hor;son.1ine Of wnter
1poSng h 2ose o W rea a1weys seem to catcb the
sunshine lLom 1ne 1no. nr nic1 Holding
o. ke!1ge, anu ~ = hon5 ,o Aga;n' comIng near
aas ~ ~ ~ II thr inv santly shore: the
Ct ou, EYES ,;tt y their hr;nht dresses. Immense
baskets up1n tne H. pacx' t"n WS it incehercnt
as 1ney Maths y tnnn;,v hteraIyl up Iii and
little 5.rse!s i or a1rht knaw. 'Iit1to lalIy's
op"n nni !, ~ IL hniIt ,1non a hillside,
Where il ali advantage Of Nature has been taken:
~ po; :. uouT ~ r;ftnrcsane - 1a,, eo
Is IL - pie'a. xo p1y.s,xrHp pt,AcR
con1a be found for snenling ones resting day.
Of of SUMMER Place 70 laze, rad, wfite, Be
a1 ,,,,t;1 ~, t-e. then wing In our rooms, watch
phs Ky f,hsfas ntepinc throsh thc open windows.
nnr eVcs would 6atidcr out upon the changcfnl-
tinted tut s water, to The fishermen castins; their
Dun aistanSe, ~ n;'.nt 1,s! ~, reaI at or wow.