The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-03
Part 2-.Tour of the Emerald IsIe.'

Part 2-"Tour of the Emerald Isle"
Arrival a. Queenstown. seventh ay-PicturssIue
ride by beat OF rail % Cork Sightseeing In the
metropolis By jauHting car aud uip - Biamey
Castle First nights rest at Cora. iRoyal We
toria Goding's or Windsor HoteLl Eighth
day-Afgming train to Macron, coach 70 Glen
g8uin lGien or BantTy Arms Hoteli Ninth
day-By coach 10 kenmare: rail %. Killarney
iI'alaca PARK Place or Imperial Hoteii. on the
lakes, MBskfoss Abbey and Ross Castle runs.
Tenth day-KiIsruey continued; evening tTaiD
20 Limerick Treaty Hotel, The city az the
violated treaty" Eleventh day-Dublin tRiprau-
gales. Clarence. or Cecil Hotel. sightseeing 70
Dublin Castle. Phoenix Park, Trinity C0liese
and other points of interest. Twelfth day-Train
70 Belfast and night steamer 10 Glasgow. Scot
land
No matter how good a sailor or how
much the sea trip has been enjoyed, it
Is with a universal feeling Of satisfaction
that all watch the steward mark off each
day on the log-chart the miles we have
made on each days run" The whole
ship feels the exhilaration as we near our
journeys end. When at last the glad cry
IS heard Land Land" and echoed fr5-7
lip TO lip. there is not "a land lubber"
aboard who does not feel overjoyed to
rush to the side and strain eager eyes
for sight OF the little spot far away on
the horizon.
THE Cow. Bull. and Calves are not
much OF islands. but 20 our eye. grown
weary OF odd oceans grey and melan-
choly waste" they are as beautiful as
any sight in the world.
We very soon now see the Irish coast.
L.
clearly the bleak, rocky. barren shore.
were disappointed. for Il Is not the
Emerald Isle" we expected 10 see--the
beauty Of Ireland being inland-but we
enjoy the glimpses we catch Of the little
matched cottages and the hungry-look-
ing cows which browse upon the rocky
hills. and feel with delight that our
sightseeing" has already begun. The
Old Head Kinsale is soon before Us,
standing out boldly upon the bluff, it's
white towers being seen from affair, even
through the mist and fog. which has
hung low all morning. But at last. the
clouds are lifted and the glorious sun
beams out upon us with a right warm
Irish welcome, kissing the white tents OF
the soldiers in camp upon the bill. Is
Queenstown bursts upon our sight, sulll-
ing between her two grim sentnels-forts
which protect her harbor. Two interest
ing islands. Hailboline and Spike. the
first a prison and the second a military
depot. are close 10y US in the hdrbor, but
We give them no thought, so eager are
We to set foot upon the odd Sod"
Sailing craft with brown, velvet-lOoking
sails. are all about US and small boats OF
every description are swarming around
our side, filled with an eager. alert Irish
crowd. an picturesque, goOd-humored
and bautering. as they wittily cry the
value and superiority Of their wares and
jOstle each other while "blarneying their
prospective customers.
Everything we see aad hear is delight
fully foreign. from the strappins son Of
the Emerald Isle. with his rich brogue,
who is trying 20 sell you Irish postal
cards. and the bright-eyed. r0sy-cheeked
colleen beside him, who is wheedling sou
into incumbering yourself with a pot oi
"rale shamrock. % down 20 the hide0us old
bag whose bent form is wrapped in a
gorgeous shawl that would vie with
J0seph's coat in its many colcrs, who is
impioring you, For the love of hiVen.
90 buy her fine handmade lace. ''Chape
vary cha -