The morning call., 1892-02-07

borough are 200 feet high, and farther
in bold perpendicularity sheer out Of the
water At low tide there is here and there
an accumulation Of rocky debris visible
but the base usually sinks into deep
water so clear that you may see many feet
beneath in the quiet pools undisturbed by
the surf. Natures wear and tear above
water has produced many changes In this
chalk formation by weatherlng, and
10 some extent by subaQueOus acton.
Near the part known as the Danes
Dyke, so named from an unfounded as
sumption that the Danes built here
a rampant OF fertilization stretching
across the peninsula Of Marlborough,
section of chalk strata has been cOnt0rted
in a convex, saddle manner, into many
strange twists and Curva lures, and very
pretty study this freak in geological Illus
trati0n forms for the student of processes
Plut0nc In the eaTth's calendar. Generally
speaking, however, the chalk OF the tlam-
borough region lies in horizontal layers,
worn away and n0tchrd into uneven lines
and planes 10y the weather, acting upon dill
ferpnces Of solduy aud hardness IN the ma
terial.
OF Flamborough Head many a wreck has
occurred Before the lighthouse was eStab-
lished these disasters were regarded as
pruvidenlial blessings bestowed upon the
coast population, who, however, while ap-
preciating tie gifts Of derellct property,
were kind TO CastaWays. Wrecks are now
iufTequeut although collisions between
steamers huggiug the shore and making
close shave in clearing the head are censuTa-
bly, numerous. The head juts well out to sea
10 the path f. shipping and in rounding 1t
TO save time on the shortest course many
vessel still comes 70 grief and many brave
man is drowned. Having been deprived by
tie progress Of civ liZatiOn of their for meT
profession of wrecklng, which was, no
doubt, associated with smuggling, the stall
wart men Of Marlborough are now COM
PEELED 10 turn their attention 10 the peace
ful arts Of fishing. Every prosperous man
owns a donkey aud has a share IN a cOble-
one Of those Skttish open boats Of Morse
origin which. in skll!ful hands, will ride out
a gale but In the hands OF the ineXperi-
cuceG will founder IN a calm. The dOnkeys
are necessary to bring fish and nets up
from the little cove which has been worn
away I'm the wall If the cliff. and they are
just as necessary TO take nets and lines
down to the beach. As seen from the sea,
the North Landing at Marlborough presents
a singular appearance, with the fishing
coolies hauled up on the single and sand 1t
an angle OF Al least 80 degrees. The work
Of taking the boats up the beach must have
been very labOTiOus IN the 0lden days but IL
is now rendered t)ierab!y facile by the as
siStauce of a steam engine. None Of the
fishermen concern themselves with egg-col-
Letting They Dly their own vocation,
which is sufficiently peTilOus, and leave TO
quite another class the harvest OF the cliffs.
A few Of them do, however, earn living
incidentally In connection with egg-gather-
ing by rowing visitors to the foot Of the
cliffs and showing them the fowlers passing
from ledge to ledge. ana sometimes coming
right down 10 the waters edge at the end of
a 40O-f0ot rope Many persons, themselves
in safety, turn sick at the sight Of so much
risk being run for the sake Of gathering a
food supply which most people de5pise, per-
haps unreasOnably.
The clif-climbers are recruited from the
farm laborers Of the neighbOrhood. Three
or four form a company, and each company
confines its operations to a definite range Of
ground, and respects the domain Of rivals.
As the headlands belong to the farmers
they have to be propitiated with a certain
share Of the product. First among the
requisites for this calling are long, stout