The Republican journal., 1895-09-19

f1,,.Ir1Hs. IRELAND ISLAND. SPAN
lNa,K AND OTHER POINTS OF IN
gBES4
Jurisprudence OF The journal.
,,eo roN. BERMUDA, Aug. 10, 1895.
.syine through this lovely archipel-
ske crossing wide stream on step
.saes, for you may pass the whole
"A Il it, about 25 miles, by bridge
..rfv 81. David's is the only one of
4,s larger islands which is not con-
Az with the others by causeway. Per-
gou viii doubt the statement, but
nt,ertheless true, that among the
.b7bitants Of st. DAVID are gray
Ren and women who have never
4iae perils of the deep and ventured
N -lre ncighboring islands. Talk OF
,.,yA eariusity. There is no such thing
TlApid's, where numbers of Ewes
Afts have lived and died without
.oe.ag hamilton or ST. Georges. both
NirNin 4 dozen miles OF their birth
lndl ! few years ago, many of
.W.ilants had never beleld a horse:
VN VITA rumor is ailoat to the
Ni rie tiny domain is in proud
lyaU1 81 two horses; though ii is
=. hatone of them is mule. In
srlaaI Isles, which We're the scene
rsNe incantations and Ariel's
i@ass, there is certain narcotic
INK air, an element of poetic
'sA makes one speedily forget
NJa York City, with all the hustle
aa31ibN goth century, is distant
NW bour's journey. Old Caiiban
a iavc LETT behind a numerous
@l. N hose descendants do lot relish
4nN more than lie did for his
M this point Anthony Trollope
rAfy complimentary to the mod
SHaiaians, when he wrote l.To say
iHfY i've for eating and drinking
H u wrong them; they lack the
~ Nl full qualification Of such
tastes. TO live and die appears
4aBgh for them. To live and die
IA fathers and mothers did before
IL IKE same houses, using the same
tJ,e nurtured on the same food
Noyng the same immunity from
M-eFS u excitement. a good deal
i. Aaiyersal sleepiness may be attrib-
II Ae climate. We had heard a
sa about the disagreeable effect Of
.M Nind in Bermuda, how it GEN
a.a much moisture as to completely
lmNthing with green mold. So
d Nit first fortnight here we were
AAll looking out for moldiness and
BY arJund the corner of the hotel to
ag Erection of the wind by the FLAG
I siEiil stations; but day after dan
Ta stiiained in the north and every \
Eis literally '.dry as a bone. ilry
H 'sea lump OF coral rock eA posed !
sunshine would he
n aye up expecting southerly |
iAA forgot that such 4 Ching as
y existed. Think il was 4 French
Unmarked that nothing happens I
! Unexpected. This is especially |
soA travelling ii the tropics. Ii
w 1he lookout for snakes, taran-
4et4rA s0u rarely meet one of
aael0hlAy knows that the sur
Nle sal rain is to prepare for
SlHes and umbrella. Just
II .4uda weather. During oas
1s s-aY the thermometer has
t4 a0siye ~ degrees: neatly every
4Ntk4t has been needed, and on
lAlass than one a little tire to sit
AeNe been welcome. That is
W sowing for midsummer, as com
NifA tle weather records in our
+'N sltes during the same time.
|45ei'n- THAT these islands are in the
s'aae as Charleston, s. c. But
9.as day when we We're overtaken
lge lassitude, when to walk the
VI Diock become extreme fatigue,
II desire to lie supine irresistible.
Neek u it, every day worse than
|Heedlng, we concluded that we
iud called in a Bermuda doctor.
nan Of pills merely laughed at us,
a 'l7 is always SO when the south
7s"S everybody feels exactly the
WY And true enough-too true,
the wind, which for weeks we
Tseeted to watch, was blowing
li1m the South. Shades of
ever and sassafras bitters.
Gatller was not hot, but so humid
atmosphere, so clamy and sticky,
R 70 Rio de Janeiro, it was alto
NE meanest l have ever expert
Ultimately, however, the wind,
eNweth where it listeth,' comes
~sard almost always from the
fh0 the climate is all that could be
As peculiar as the weather, is
ggleal formation of these islands.
stone composed of minute shells,
4at It seems as if you might cut
whole archipelago with pair of
and yet more peculiar is their
iAst0ry. There are but four
mammals in the Bermudas, (three
mouse) speaking of species,
alnals; and ten resident birds.
NE bird family ara a1dad 100