The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-30
Pleasures Of Travel on the
Emerald Isle.
SOUVENIRS OF THE CAUSEWAY.
DOwn-Peddl- and Their
Wares-Notes
PoRrRusH. August 4. 1885.

Causeway is unknown even to the most
ancient inhabitant; but that the prefix
"Giant" was providential occurrence
seems to have passed beyond a reason
able doubt. Everything is significant
OF the Giant here Out there in the
water is large stone of peculiar shape,
not unlike mushroom, or toadstool,
the top being like Scotch cap, or a
Tam O'Shanter. That is the Giants
cap. 1t fell off into the water one day,
and was petrifed and there it remains
Another stone, which by great mental
contortion may be admitted remotely
to resemble a saddles the Giants sad
die. also petrifed. On the top OF hill
rather high, and running up 10 a
point which overlooks the sea-is a
small sharp peak. Once upon time
when the Giant held his festive rules
hereabouts, he had mother-in-law'
who didn't care to live with her son-in
law, and in trying to make her escape
she ran up on this hill and looked over
to the Island OF Islay. The Giant espied
the maternal author of his better-half
and ordered her to descend. With true
mother-in-law determination the good
old lady partly refused, whereupon the
irascible Giant petrifed her, land there
she Is yet"-says the guide, pointing to
the small peak, which no more resem-
bled the figure OF 4 woman than mis-
sion Judge resembles an honest man.
There is abso the Giants cup, his chair,
and everything else. He also had an
organ This article is one of the attrac-
lions of the Causeway. IL is off from
| the shore, and is formed of series of
/ pipe-shaped stones. not unlike the pipes
I of an organ. The Giant was 4 good
natured old covey, too, for he endeay-
ored to please both parties here. The
! Catholics are infatuated with the tune
! of st Patrick's Day in the Marnin' :"
while OrangemeE or Protestants think
/ the perfection of musical composition
is found in the soul-inspiring strains of
Protestant Bows" Every year. at
midnight, Just as Christmas Day is be-
ing ushered in, the Giants organ turns
loose and plays alternately st. Patrick's
/ Day in the Marnin' and Protestant
Bows Such is the,solemn declaration
of the guide and ii must be true.
The most interesting sight aereabout,
not excepting the Causeway, with its
peculiar shaped stones standing per-
pendicularly is the Giants cave, or
rather caves. They both open into the
sea. One of them can be reached by
taking siding path around the rocks.
This is the smaller one and is some
three hundred feet deep. The other
and larger one can only be seen by tax
ing boat and pulling into it. 1t is
about six hundred and sixty feet long
and the top or the roof is said to be
three hundred feet above the sea. The
water was not very rough, nor by any
means smooth when we took the boats
and started for the cave; and individu-
ally | preferred it to all else we had
seen. One enters by narrow way,
after which there's room for the boat to
turn round, and the water is much
smoother As far in as one can see the
water floods into the cave, AMI the
roaring OF the waves at the other end is
majestic and aweinspiring, indeed.
The most perfect green is to seen here,
and the undulating waves as they pass
on produce rythmetic motion that
would be enhancing were in not so con
foundedly suggestive OF sea sickness.
The boat glideS some twenty or thirty
feet in the cave and one has an Oppor-
tunity of seeing how trancient the
ocean water is here. where the bottom
is perfectly plain. You are allowed to
air and test your lungs so as to hear the
echo produced before you are rOwed out
The Giant always retired to this spoi
when he wanted to shave, and if you
dispute or even question the accuracy
of this statement, the guide vii
triumphantly point to the foam thai
collects at the entrance to the cave, anC
tell you, There, sir; there is the lathel
YETI If you happen to suggest to the
boatman that he is getting uncomfort
ably near the rocks. he will wink an(
remark: "Oce, sur; sure me boat know
the way so well, sur. that she'd neve
think o. touching thin, devil the bi
would She"
The car drivers Gaunting car, o
course, a street car is called tram) ar
very accommodating sort of fellows
"a good many American tourists com
here eli says /.
Faith. they do sur, says he.
Pretty soft lot too?" | suggested.
"Dade that they are, sure enough. =
There were nine full-fedged Amer
leans in our party, and for some unac
countable reason they all forgot to tip
that driver. 1t afterwards transpire,
that the driver took us for EnglishInen
or Scotchmen.
An excursion party is always locke,
upon as legitimate prey, but we disap
pointed the "smilin' landlord hof th
him. by taking our "wittuls" with us
which we partook of in the awe-inspir
ing once DOMAIN of the Giant, but nov
the property of Lord Autroin. [ hav,
read of the way Indians would cautious
" surround party of foes they intend
Ell to slaughter. In the same manne
were we encircled by the marauder
hereabout, who have something 10 sell
"souvinir of the Giants Causeway
which was manufactured in Germany o
Switzerland. Suspension from luncheon
was the signal for the onslaught anC
about dozen armed with bone tri1kets
of every description surrounded the
party and began a lively competitor
for our custom One young fellow
would perpetualIy demolish the ruling
price By offering to underseil hi com
petitors. whereupon the Others would
sympathetically appeal to US and ban6
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