The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-08-13
AN INTERESTING LETTER :
From Across the Atlantic by an Anderson
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In which were growing fruits and
flowers Of great variety. After lanch-
con we resumed our journey sixteen
miles away. The roads were most
beautiful Gas sll Irish roads are, } the
ocean or. one side and ID, mountains
on the other, and arrived at the
Giants Caueeway Hotel, Next morn
ing Was lovely, not breath Of wind,
and We were Informed by our guides
that 1t was an exceptionally fine day
to do the Oauseway. So we started
down the cliff, embarked in a whole
BOAT for the caves. Anything like
the beauty of. these caves had never
imagined; there we were floating in
the water fifty to sevsnty.6ve feet
deep, and the roofs of the caves one
hundred fees above US. The sides
and arches Of the cayes were composed
OF dozen different huge rocks, and
on the ledgeB high above our heads
sat large sea.birds, with their young
ones, and quaint old man With a
pistol sat on the rocks at the entrance
OF the cave. He fred the pistol and
the echo Of the shot was something
astounding. It seemed as if q huge
cannon had been fred instead Of a
small pistol, and the echo rolled on
through the cave, and seemed to vi
brate far into the earth. Some Of
these caves have an entrance from the
land, and others have not, or if they
have they have never been discovered.
After leaving the caves the boatman
rowed us past the Grand Causeway,
which is magnificent and truly won
derful sight. After passing the Grand
Causeway We came to the Giants
Amphitheatre, in the center of which
we were shown number Of vast up-
right columns, which looked from the
distance very like The pipes of an
organ. We were struck with this
likeness before our guide told US that
this was called the Giants Organ.
After leaving the Amphitheatre we
came to some upright rocks, two hun
dred and fifty feet above US, which we
were informed were called the Chin
ney Tops, and were also told that the
Spanish Armada, in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, mistook them for
Dunlouce Castle and opened FIRE on
them, and unfortunately for the Span
iards one of these large vessels struck
sunken rock and was wrecked, and
to this day the bay is known as the
Spanish Bay. After 5leaving the
Chimney Tops we passed Amphithea-
tire after Amphiatheatre, some of
which were 80 perfect as to look like
they were cut ont designedly. by the
hand Of man. The last place we were
shown was the Horse Shoe Bay, q
deep body Of water surrounded By
rocks in such a manner as to look ex-
sctly like horse shoe. Above the
Horse Shoe Bay we were shown the
Nurse and Child Rock, which bears
q wonderful likeness 70 woman with
q child on her back. After this we
came back to the Causeway and were
shown the Giants Wishing Cha;r. |
where we sat and made three wishes;
then Lord Antrim's Parlor, thesHigh-
Bonnet and the Giants
Well, beautiful spring of water,
Coming out meath vast headland four
hurdred and fifty feet high. We
DRAM, some Of the water and found it |
deliciously cool and pure. After this |
we adjourned to the hotel for luncheon,
where we enjoyed fresh salmon, young |
duck and green peas, with vegetables,
sweets, Go.
Next day we drove to Dunlouce |
Castle, one Of the most picturesque |
ruins in Ireland, perched upon the
edge Of precipice several hundred |
feet above the level of the sea. With
a vast chasm between it and the |
it must have been forni-
dable fortress in the days before can |
non were invented. There is spring |
in the castle, and also a cave running |
under the rock it is built Oh, which
gave the inhabitants an entrance and |
exit to and from the ocean. Alto
gether it is most interesting sight. !
We npxt visited Port Rush, fashion-
able Watering place, and then resumed |
our journey to Dublin.
We heard one Of the finest organs |
in the country at st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral. Then we drove to the Straw
berry Beds, beautiful drive Of six
miles from Dublin. Here we enjoyed |
strawberries and cream, and anything |
like the Bize and favor Of these berries
So ho s.k W.