Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-02-10

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MISCELLANEOUS Z e
Sketches Of Foreign Travel.
By Coz. JNo. Il. G1BsoN.
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/ left Londonderry for PoTtrush.
distant thirty-nine miles, a well built
and fresh-looking seaport town and
bathing place in the county of An
trim, in the extreme northeast Sec
tion of ireland, and six miles from
the Giants Causeway. By1a mistake
at a junction, / found myself. at Cole
raine, a pleasant and pretty town on
the river Bann, where 1 staid all
night, and the next day went in a
jaunting car by way of Portrush to
the Giants Causeway. At Coleraine
1 put up at an excellent hotel near
the bridge. The room I had was un-
exceptionable, and from my window
the views across and down the river
were very pleasing. This is a good
fishing, point and situated but four
miles from the mouth of the river
which empties into the Atlantic. The
salmon are said to be plentiful. Its
chief industry is that of linen manu-
facture, (which is likewise that of near
ly all the towns in Ulster. At allthe
towns along the route from Colerafne
to Belfast, the great storehouse and
the centre of the linen trade and
manufacture, you seegreatquantities
of the whitest linen cloth spread out
on the green fields or lots, forming
q beautiful contrast of the deepest
green and the purest white. The
name of my hotel was the 'sCloth
Weayers' Arms" I had expected
to see in Ireland, hotels with celtic
or Irish names. Certainly. some of
the name of Emmett, Grattan, O'Con-
nell, Sarsffeld and the like, but was
disappointed. The following are some
of the names of hotels met with in
the several Provinces, viz: Victoria,
Royal Victoria, Imperial, CONNER
cial, Shelbourne, Hibernian, 1nry's
Prince of Wales, White Hart, Queen's s
Arms, Corporation Arms, Antrim.
Arms, Cruise Royal, The George
and the Arran Arms. It is different
in Scotland, as will be seen from the
following names, viz: McGregor,
Inversnaide, Athole Arms, Dread
nought, Wayerley, Argyll Arms,
Stronachlacher, and, hordibile dictae /
that Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. /
stopped at the latter hotel, situated
in the Highlands of Scotland, which
i found to be a most excellent one.
It stands near Loch Archray In the
former Pdemesnes Of Rob Roy Nc
Gregor, near the glen leading oLoctl
Katrine. What a good conntersign
it would make to catch scouts or spies
with. Probably Roderick Dhu, Of
Clan Alpine, used it as a watchword
the night wien Fitz James stumbled
upon him in the glen. The TrosacIl' s
glen is not far from the hotel. Nor
did I hear much Irish sbrogue. One
must go off from the wonted lfnestof
travel for that. 1t is. otherwise in
Scotland. There you constantly rec
.ognize the words found in. Burns,
and the same pronunciation and in
Election which was practiced centul
ries ago still prevails among the mass
of the people. In the Highlands
heard a conversation between my
driver and hotel keeper, not enc
word of which did I understand. 1T
was IN the Gealic or Scotch language:
1 heard the following between a lassie
who was sitting on the green slope at
Garlockhead, on an excursion occaL
sion, and a laddie' who stood off look
ing miffed. aCome, let's take q BON
ME walk, but If ma, come here and
sit down, for you are indeed my bon
ME Iaddie'' The route from London-
derry to Colcraine lay along Lough
Foyle over sand benches and sand
cliffs which skirt a very fine and rich
country. Along this northern coast
of Ireland there are many Watering
places with handsome and attractive
cottages. From GoIeraine to the
Giants Causeway the codntry is beau
|tifIl, and the lands are rich and we'll
improved. If is not excelled by our
own fine county. Like it, it undu-
lates gently ,and!is only distlng guished
from ours by the scarcity Of wood
land. I saw heaps of brown peat
piled mp near the farm houses, in
blocks of twelve by six inches. i
never saw peat used in the towns. 2.
There is aniot ot7orsfrom it which Strikes
you passing along the hiehway. I
have seen in thewindows af afEdenbor4
oughy Irish hams Labeled .sspeat
cured. /" -iWhatfts virtues are in that
respect, Il do not know. 4 Very likely
it means simply freak of the epich-
reans. went to Portrustl, but re-
turned by a different road leaving
the other at Bush Nils, a small toryvn
on the river Bush, where there is d
noted sdistilleTy. II passed through
the extensive anda handsome es-