. Eight journeys abroad. since. There thecoach dropped us and we took an omnibus for Newport, amile distant, and ten minutes by train brought us to Cowes,connecting with steamer for Southampton, where we arrivedin time for a late supper. We went immediately to the boat for this place and werejust in time to get the last berth in the ladies cabin for me andthe last in the other for CliflF. We each took a dose of bromide, hoping to avoid sickness. The ships are new and very well 198 THE CHANNEL ISLANDS furnished with electric Hght. They wanted £2 extra for aprivate cabin, so I went in with the p
. Eight journeys abroad. since. There thecoach dropped us and we took an omnibus for Newport, amile distant, and ten minutes by train brought us to Cowes,connecting with steamer for Southampton, where we arrivedin time for a late supper. We went immediately to the boat for this place and werejust in time to get the last berth in the ladies cabin for me andthe last in the other for CliflF. We each took a dose of bromide, hoping to avoid sickness. The ships are new and very well 198 THE CHANNEL ISLANDS furnished with electric Hght. They wanted £2 extra for aprivate cabin, so I went in with the polloi. I went soundasleep at ten oclock but the people coming in at midnightwoke me up and the boat started and I didnt get asleep untilafter I had been terribly seasick and was exhausted. We arrived at Guernsey at six and walked up to the oldGovernment House Hotel w^hich has a beautiful garden andview over the bay. I was so perfectly worn out I w^ent to beduntil lunch; then in the afternoon we took a carriage and drove. CREUX HARBOR, SARK to Mctor Hugos house and were admitted to all the rooms,altho his grandchildren had just come for the summer. Then we went to one of the bays. The grand rocky coastis wonderfully fine and the country roads so picturesque withhigh hedges. We had a good nights rest which we sadly neededand took the steamer to Sark yesterday for the day. I havent time to describe the wonderful feats of walkingand climbing into caves, the terrible chasms, the idealloveliness of Sark and the primitiveness and loneliness. Iwould like to go there sometime to stay. We had to get upvery early to take the same Southampton boat and arrived 199 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD here at eight oclock, took a coach at eleven and have beendriving until five this P. M. To-morrow morning we go on to St. Malo and will have not yet heard of the arrival of our Queenstown lettersbut hope to get a large mail to-morrow at St. Malo. TheseIslands are crowded with travellers and boats al
Size: 2092px × 1195px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksub, booksubjectalgeriadescriptionandtravel
