The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-20

stone; IL can be seen for miles all the
country round and no doubt this rude
carving was placed there long previous
TO the time OF the Conqueror; perhaps
1t was cut by the Druids or even ear
lier than their remote period.
In due time we arrived at the ruins
Of Pevensey castle, part of which is OF
Roman construction, This Is an inter-
esting ruin; it Is one of the lions of
southern England, 1t Is on the high
road between Hastings and Brighton.
The sea Is now a mile from the castle,
but eight hundred years ago the salt
water came night to the castle walls.
1t is now the property Of the Duke Of
Devonshire, and many relics of great
interest are Ito be seen here. William
embarked here in 1867 on his return to
Normandy.
Next we visit Hurstmonceaux castle,
one of the prettiest spots in Sussex. 1t
is fine old ruin built by Sir Roger de
Fienes, one of the heroes of Agincourt;
it is covered with a perfect mantle of
green ivy, and this Is only one of many
castles in ruins to be found scattered
about the country of Sussex. Nor
man-hurst," the grand seat of Lord
Brassey, situated on high hill from
which there is a fine view of the sea
and country from Hastings ITO Beachey
Head, is one of England's "show
places" One shilling admits to a close
inspection of the castle and grounds,
and the Ambulance fees in single
year amount to five hundred dollars,
| which is bestowed upon local charity.
At last Battle is reached and we
at once commence Ito devour
the ruins of the famous abbey" Right
here was fought the battle of Hast
| ings; the Abbey was built in conform
ity with a vow made by the Conquer
or" that ''if victorious, upon This place
of battle I will found a suitable free
monastery for the salvation of you all,
and especially for those that shall fall"
and he fulfilled his VOW grandly. The
ruins cover an area. of a. mile and even
at the present day it is a strong and
solidly built structure. | recollect
reading some years since in Haw-
thornes English Note book" an ex-
tended account of this grand ruin and
to that book would refer my readers
for full particulars concerning the
beautiful ruins of Battle Abbey" An
other historic fleet sailed by the beach
of Eastbourne. and If the bigot Philip
the second, had BEEN successful in his
evil Vaccinations, the destiny of Eng
land would have been far different than
it has been, and the world of COM
merce and letters would have suffered
the greatest Imaginable loss. How that
Armada" was beaten, shattered, and
scattered by the English sailors; how
those great tllrreted Spanish galleons
scampered away: some of them even
entered the German ocean, and stand
ing seward actually doubled around
the islands to the north of Scotland
"the Orkenies''-and a series of dread
full tempests, as they steered south
ward towards SUNNY Spain, drove them
on the sharp rocky reefs on the west
coast of Ireland, and the unfortunate
wretches were Drained as they were
tossed upon the shore; to this day in
western ireland there are to be seen
some, who in their dark compilations,
glossy dark hair, and flashing eyes, be-
tray marks of Spanish blood, showing
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served alive and remained among the
rude Irish people. Intermarrying with
the peasants of those far away re-
gions, they left descendants who to
this day keep alive Spanish traditions
and customs The Irish" baths for
which Ireland is noted, (these are hot
baths in detached houses of stone,
glowing and baking with roasting peat,
the effect of which is like a Turkish
sbath) were introduced by the Span
iards who were rudeiy tossed ashore
from the Armada. These hot baths
were quite common in Spain, they were
introduced by the Moors into Spain,
and thus found their way into ireland.
In the great German bathing resorts
the 'tIrisch Bad forms a very pronlin-
emit feature However this may be,
the little English ships, like little ter
riers, beat back the numbering Span
| ish galleons, and ever since that event
, England's fleet has stood at the head
Of the list.
/ Off this coast the little American war
vessel, "the Wasp in 1914 fought and
beat the British sloop of war avon,
and the waters we daily delight to look
out upon and battle in, have been the
scene of many historic naval battles
! Apropos of the "little Wasp" not long
| after her victory, she was spoken by a
: Swedish ship and that was the very
? last that was ever heard of her or those
z on board; her entire disappearance is
) one of the mysterious tragedies of the
sea.
The "life boat" at Eastbourne is a
ching of great interest, and in winter
: when a, wreck Is reported in the neigh
borhood how quickly it darts out to
: board the disabled ship and ITO save
) the wrecked sailors. 1t was an ex.
: citing scene when this boat was parad.
ed all about the town yesterday on q
great wagon; inside, the sailors were
| at their stations, clad in their storm
r rig, with their cork jackets; band Of
music marched in front and crowde
} followed the boat on its voyage through
the streets; at last it was launched in
the sea, and the very interesting prac
l tice commenced which was witnessed
by thousands of spectators assembled
$ on the beach. Brave men are rhost
sturdy life boatmen. Horace sings q
the bravery of those who first dared
l the fury of the ocean pillows; they
had breasts of steel, clad in triple
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