The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-26

Hyde Park brought us we'll satisfied to our hotel in Granville Place. Towards the end of October l accompanied two members of our party to Southampton, en route for New York. We travelled through a perfect garden; in fact the whole range of country between Lon don and Southampton is the most de- lightful l ever beheld, and every mile is historic; at Winchester We merely caught a glimpse of that stately editice which attracts so many visitors from across the water, Winchester was the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wes- sex, and was converted to Christianity in 635 when a church was built; four hundred years later the church was re- moved and the foundations of the grand cathedral were laid,
 We put up at "Radleys' in South- ampton, and on the following day em- parked in tho steam tender and steamed down Southampton-Wate passing many steamers and ships, among which the leviathan saint Pau' was conspicuous, just coming in from New York on her maiden trip The "Medway' and "Orinoco" were there, those favorltes which are so popular with West Indians; there were also half a dozen great steamers plying. to the Cape of Good Hope and ports in | South Africa.
 The Pilgrim Fathers, who had been dwelling in Holland left Delft-haven in July, 1920, in the SpeedWell and came to Southampton-Water; here they found the "Mayaower," and both ships went down the coast to Ply mouth, when the SpeedWell proving un- seaworthy, the Pilgrims were crowded into the "MayfloWer" and set sail for America September 6, 1920.
 The beauty of the surroundings of Southampton-Wate is greatly en- hanced by the lovely Netley Abbey, a monastery of the thirteenth century, and little beyond appears the Marine | hospital, where there are over one | thousand patients chiefly officers and soldiers from India. We found the Augusta Victoria" waiting for us down the 'Solent, and in a few moments 1 passengers and baggage were trans | ferred and in @ twinking the great steamer started off for Cherbourg like flash of lightning, and I just barely | escaped being taken off in her On my return to Southampton l met the Royal Mail steamer "Thames' outward 1 bound to Lisbon and Brazil. She looked just as she did years ago when she frequently came to "the Barba- does" from Southampton with many 1 West Indians returning from their six months holiday at "home." The rapid 1 express hurried me quickly to London, and on the following morning we left London for Queenboro via Rochester, where We embarked in a Dutch steam CT and steamed down the MedWay, passing by the great dOckyard at | Chatham. and the Notifications at | Sheerness where there were very many splendid British men-of-war at anchor, | Englard's wooden walls exist only in poetry) England's magnificent navy renders her ready at a moment to meet any emergency whether in Fur 1 key. the Chinese waters or in any part of the whole globe. We had fine crossing and brilliant October weather. with q smooth sea. From Queenboro to Flushing in. Holland we were seven hou S. and after passing by Ostend and 1 the irregular low coast line of Holland We came to the dock at sunset. and the 1 flat land of windmills presented a deci- ded contrast to the diversified scenery which we left behind us in England. We entered a through carriage for Dresden and at once started on our | journey; passing through Holland we crossed the Rhine at Wesel and after passing through Hanover, Braun schweig, Magdd5urg and Leipsic We found ourselves safe and sound in | Dresden at noon. Everything was iu readiness in our home and we lost no time in settling down for the winter af- ter our long four months holiday.
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