Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-03-23
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.. Barnes First Imp essions Graph
ically Described.
PRAISE the LORD. .

fThe several other letter. from Mr..
Barnes, written while at sea, will appear in
due time. We publish these first so that
his friends will know how to direct their
letters to him.-EDl * ~
ST. GEoReE's CHANNEL, SIS. PAvoSIA, |
March ,, 1888. !
Dear Interior;
We sighted FIRST land about 5
o'clock this morning Kinsale Head and
its light. We were all up early ENJOYING
the delightful morning air and the eight of
the bold headlands before reaching Queens
town. Green fields or plowed land upon
them all, like Kentucky In April. Instead
Of barren bluffs, as one might expect from
the PERCEPTIONS character Of the coast. with
"breakers" foaming at the base all along,
the country il like garden, with careful
cultivation and neat hedgerows marking
every thing of like map. One lovely
hill looked like huge tortoise or terrspin.
the hedge running all over II in an ir-egu-
lar way, suggestive Of the divisions Of that
creatures shell. The coast before you get
I'M to Queenstown il a succession Of eight
or ten headlands with shallow coves be-
tween them, all rugged and dangerous with
surf beating fiercelv and no mercy for any
thing cast upon il. A pretty church crowns
one. cottages on others, until the last one
forms the southern. gate post to Cork Har-
Dor. one Of the finest natural hsvens In the
world. An entrance like the "Narrows"
in N. York Harlow, and then space enough
10 fioat the Navies Of earth at once, Queens
town lies just inside. Cork at the upper
end ofit-l do not know how many miles
further, perhaps s or 10 miles FOruhca-
tions of the finest, Of course. IL is too val
liable to leave at loose ends. England
doesn't do that sort Of thing, any how. We
did not 20 In. A tender, flying the starr
and stripes, the Jsckall by name, steamed
out to meet us and get the mail for the
British Isles, as well a. our own to 90 back
to the States by the frat -'steamsr. The
swell was pretty heavy and the two dispro-
portioned vessels bumped fesrlully at times,
ever carefully protected by multiplicity
Of tenders. There were. 4l6 2'bushels bags
of mail to transfer. Fancy 1872 bushels Of
letters and papers. The bags were blue
and white striped, something like bed
ticking, sealed and labeled. At last all
was aboard the Jackall, and the little craft
cast loose and skipped out, glad to escape
more humping from our huge hill. Du;
ring this ceremony our ship vas flying The
British Lion, with world aforesaid in bis
playful paws, cooked tail, on one leg, not
half trying. smiling with every tooth in his
head at the main masthead, the stars and
stripes at the fore-mast; the cross OF st.
George at the flagstaff at the stern-sll
pulled down az soon as the transac-
ton was over. This flag business is a ships
lingo, and says show dye do !" pretty
we'll thank you" and goodbye"
We were soon of, skir,ing the Irish coast
for 80 miles further before losing sight Of
il. We noticed an elegant estate, the first
thing after leaving Queenstown, with pala-
tiAl mansion. superb forests in the rear and
grand stretches Of arabic land riRht and
left, all under beautiful cultivation. Then
another succession Of head lands surf-beai-
en-; grand rocky islands with hight houses on
them at intervals, and light ships anchored
in the channel, where there was shoal
water. This is 81. Georges Channel. We
are in il now and will be until We reach
Holyhead and turn up the mouth Of the
Msrssy to Liverpool Above that is the
Irish Sea. found my geography very
rusty when reached these foreign parts.
II any Of my readers, without looking al
their maps, will lay down this paper and
ask themselves do | know where the Eng
lish Channel is ? the situation. Of Dublin,
London, Bristol, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Wight,
&c., &c, they will soon find themselves In
such piisble state Of Ignorance rs 10 fully
Justify this little attempt 10 brush up my
and their knowlsdgs Of the sarth's surface.
Az 20 propose making IL plain, at least,