The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-11-15

| l he lOlloWlnS Is duOlHe1 ItlleI lIOlH
Mr.. Wilson D. Wallis. which will be
interesting to his many friends in Har-
ford.
1.-THE southeastern coast Of Ireland is
very rough andirregular. Our first days
view of the Emerald Isle was not one of
rolling pastures and pleasant meads, but
rather ola wild and mountainous country
| indented by numerous bays and sheltered
coves. Perched hither and yon on the
higher peaks were relics of old watch
| towers, from which, in days of yore.
many fire signal probably sent out
warning of the approach OF the enemy's
vessels.
The waves dashed high on a stern and
rock bound coast" so that one thought
of Tennyson's
| Break. Break! Break
/ On thy cold. gray crags, o. Sea-"
and found here the ready aspiration and
stimulus for such a poem.
| Before we reached Danntes' Rocks our
ship hoisted the stars and stripes, together
with the British lion and signal flag,
| Haunting to an answering station some
miles across the water, the name of our
vessel with the port of sailing and ofdes-
| tination; and soon the news ofour arrival
| in another hemisphere was taking its
wireless path to the home land.
| We entered the little harbor of Queens
| town at about five O'Clock in the after
noon. "Begorrah!" heard from fellow
| passenger, its the ould country" And
so it was. Here we saw a newspaper.
| The only word from America seemed to
be that the Bishop of London had played
a winning game of tennis with President
| Roosevelt | am told the English are
anxious to send as ambassador to our
country some one who is the superior of
our President in some sport. | wonder if
the result mentioned will tend to calm
them, or will it serve to make them still
more persistent in their demands?
About noon on October the second we
landed at Liverpool. This city, though
in population only little larger than
| Baltimore, has ten miles of docks. The
custom-house officers gave US little
trouble, so we took ferry to Craigen-
head and made an early train that after
noon.
Railroad service in England is not rail-
| road service in the States. Some detrac-
tions and additions each, from the one
| to the other, would improve both. The
| first cause of worriment was the matter
| OF luggage, Juicy nave III DaSSaSS III
| England which they stamp, but for
which they give no receipt or check.
| The platforms at the stations are higher
| than ours, the coaches lower; so you find
| your head nearly on a plane with the
| top of the car as you walk up to it.
| There are no steps but a single board
| platform running the length of the car,
takes their place. A Canadian remarked
to me, on the voyage, that he could not
understand why we had such steps to
our American cars and it does perplex
one after seeing the advantages OF the
English construction. The passage in
| England is hrst-class, second-class, and
third class, the chief difference being the
price of ticket and the amount of lug
| gage one can take on it. Think the fares
are about five cents. two and a halfcents
and two cents per mile. The cars are
divided into three apartments, for the
three cla sses ofpassengers. lneach apart
ment are two seats, extending the width
of the car, and facing each other We
had a special saloon. Such coach has
seats running along the sides of the car,
through it's length. and tables in the
middle. The sides are well filled with
large plate windows that make it a sort
of observation car.
We stopped first at Chester, which is
one of the most interesting towns in
England, and spent an hour atits cathed-
raj and around the old Roman wall.
The cathedral is one of the finest in
Europe and | shall make no attempt at
description. 1t was our good fortune to
witness part of a ceremony at which
regiment of British troops presented a
tattered flag that had been carried by
them thu ough the Boer war.
But more interesting than the cathed-
raj, even to me, was the old Roman wall.
This was built in 81 A. D., when Chester
(Castra) was Roman stronghold. 1t
is some ten or twelve feet high and about
six feet broad at the top. A walk four
feet wide extends around the wall, which
is altogether about two miles long
Though repaired by Queen Anne in 1701,
at the expense of$1 900, it is substantial
ly the same masonry which the Latin
invaders left there centuries ago. We
entered at the east-gate, going past the
tower from which King Charles witnessed
the route of his army at Rawdon Moor,
then skirted along the quiet waters OF the
river Dee to the UNCOVERED Bonewalds-
thorne's Tower, an erection of the twelfth
century.
Near Chester is Wrexham, the home of
Yale, who founded our great American
university by that name. From The train
we saw the church in whose yard his
body lies The great university which
he founded has since, many times, tired
, to remove his remains to the institution
which stands as perpetual monument
to his name, but all attempts have been
!, failures. 1t was Interestingly to hear from
an Englishman, that when the church in
which Yale worshipped was being restor
ed, the students at New Haven contribut.
ed 100 guineas to the cause.
A part of our route was through
l northern Wales. and a most beautiful
country it is. No depths of green has
ever exaggerated the color of its faultless
wales and hills, no richness of hue, no
blending of colors in thicket, wood or
, open has surpassed the grandeur of its
! landscape.
: In reply to my question MIR. Lea said
we were near Rhosllanerchrugog. had