The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18


| though his case might have been one OF great
| hardship, Il was apparent no could he butilttie
delayed in regaining his liberty now IL ne
| chose to be less exacting In the conoitions On
| which he was willing TO receive II.
From bore We went to the classic quarter OF
Billingspate. and took "nsh ordinary attn Q
led tavern OF those parte known as inc
Three Suns Tavern" Here we were iea on
| eels. goldfish. and salmon. and could nave hhu
white bait II We had chosen. inc ea',ns pni
| was cheap enough, la I'd. per heao. out 'he
drink was extortionate. as We paid eighteen
| pence for pot Of punch.
We thence went through the BiliingsGate
| market and q little way down great ROVER
| street, to tho Cars Head. public mouse
| form erly freauented by Peter the Great wheh
| he was engaged In learning the trade OF snip
| builder in London.
| JUNE 30.-Goin. down the Thames IN tue
steamer we could only thread our way SLOWLY
| through the various water craft With which
the river is thlckly studded for mile or Two
| below London Bridge. but we got down to the
outer light vessel tsixty-ono miles) In hve
| hours md n quarter. aud with fair lido ana
| n light fair wind we went to sea. From TINS
| point across to tho buoy at the mouth OF the
Mas or Rhine Is 1O5 miles. The sun now
| sets ut S:l5 and rises at $40 in this LATITUDE.
| SO that the night is short. scarcely over ieur
| hours Of darkness.
MNY27. lSD3-Finding ourselves Mt Cowes
We took boat and were rowed to get a vie"
| OF the Queens seat. osborne
Tho shore front Is ragged and uncuitiva'ed.
AMI the ASPECT OF the buildings at the distance
we snw them IA not imposing. The shore Is
very fiat. and tho tide runs out long way.
which prevents tho making OF bold water
line. so essential to handsome wnter 'front.'
| We passed much moro beautiful place on
our way. lying between Osborne and Cowes'
and adjoining tho former This Is Norris
Castle" belonging to and occupied Dy Mr.
Bell. It was bought by mr. Bell thirty years
ago OF Lord Henry Seymour for some Eoo.
| 600. tS3O0.O00l Prince Albert was deslrous OF
buying the property OF Mr.. Bell. but there was
n disagreement about tho price. Tho sttua-
tion Is one OF unsurpassed loneliness. mo
! castle stands on slope high above the water,
with n noble lawn in 'front.' bounded by con-
| tiguous woods that run quarter OF miie
down to the sea wall that rises from the
well-markcd beach. Our boatman lament
cd the change that had come over Inc
place since Lord II. Seymour left 1t. In
his lordships time constant employment
was siven to the people every spring In put
ting ur the long Sea wall which tho gales OF
every winter regularly threw down anu scat
tered. l;ut now Mr.. Bell had been guilty OF
tho outrage OF deepening his foundations anu
eniar ling the structure. and the consequence
was that tho people who 30 long got profitable
Jobs of the easy going old noble. were now
thrown out Of employment. to the great dis
grace OF Mr. Bell. 1t was Impossible not to
concur with tho old salts that no gentleman
would have been guilty OF such conduct.
Our lodgings were on the water. near the
yacht club house. on the very edge OF tho bay.
whore the spray would sometimes fly in ut the
windows. The water was covered with boats
and yachts. tho most famous ono being new
vessel OF Mr.. Stephenson. the engineer OF tho
Robert and George Stephenson family. She
was 16O tons hurthcn and cost near Eo.ooo:
she carried fourteen men. all told.
These yachts all have flush decks. even where
they are only thirty five tons burthen. Their
best cabins are finished in mahogany and birds
eye maple. others with pine and mahogany
Tho tables Of Mr.. Stephenson's yacht. the Tyne
rest on q pivot. so that they are upright when
tho vessel careens. Another yacht had the
owners berth adjusted in the same way. and
there are some cases where tho berth is made
to rest on the centre. SO as to neutralize the
pitching MS we'll rs the rolling motion.
The yachts are generally built with high
| bulwarks to 1T them for going to sea- was
| told that last winter there were no less than
| forty-iive yachts in the Mediterranean belong
| Ing IN tnlS lmIueulato AhiS c'o"o eh
amazing development OF the amateur mari
| time tastes OF this country.
| No place in tho world Is equal to Cowes for
| Yachting ground. The Soent. Spithead. and
| southampton form T shaped body Of
| water, each being very broad. The shank OF
the II Is Southampton Water. eight or ten
miles long and mile broad. One arm OF the
| T is the Solent. which is ten or twelve miles
long by four broad. and tho other is Spithead.
which is as wide. and about eight miles long.
Cowes is Just where the shank OF the T joins
the arms. A wind which blows UP or down
| the skunk makes side wind on the two arms.
and wind which blows along the arms either
| way forms n side wind on the shank. SO that
n wind blowing any way makes the best
| Of sailing.
The tides are n curious feature Of Cowes and
its vicinity. and complete it's projections as q
yachting CENTRE They have the popularity Of
coming to hiGh-water mark. then recoding a
| few inches. and then returning and remaining
| ND for some two or more hours. Watching the
| flow under my window. found the tide at Il
NJ within a foot of high water. At P. NJ. it
had cbbed only about foot, making high
water Of four hours. Yet tho extreme ebb and
flow is not far from fourteen feet At z p NJ
the tide, which had not fallen over foot at
o'clock. began to make again.
With all these great advantages IL Is no won
der that counted to-day seventy yachts in the
harbor ranging In size all tho way from
thirty-Gve to two hundred tons. Indeed. now
and thon ono is seen OF three hundred tons
Occasionally n black sheep appears in the
| shape OF a steam yacht. But all such mon
sters are treated with derision. and no true
yachting man will stoop to consort with such
| iegeneracy.
We ran down to Yarmouth. and from there
| went to tho Needless" the extreme westerly
end OF the Isle OF Wight. on the last Of n strong
ebb tide We then took the food tide. and beat
all the way hack against head wind up tc
Cowes. We accom- p!ished the distance. four
teen miles In about three hours.
Here appeared yet another advantage belong
| ing to this favored locality. Tho incoming ant
outgoing tides run at tho rate OF nearly foul
miles an hour. Thus it is easy to go down the
bay on tho ebb tide and back on the flood
though the wind he contrary or light. Thor
there Is tho further resource OF what our plo
called the 'headdy" tide. in case 1t Is wanted.
| Mr. Tannyson lives lust below Yarmouth. but