. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. OUIl SOUTH COASTS â¢.I::.) V. I. ^^;!|i' SOVTHAMl'TON. CIlAPTEll XXI. ta Sketches of South Coasts. Southampton: its AntiiniityâKxtcnsivo CommerceâGreat Port for Leading Steamship LinesâVagaries of a Itiinnway SteamerâThe isle of WiglitâTerrible Lost of the fiiov/rfiCf Finding of the Conrl-martial-liaising Her from the Uottomâ"London by the Seaside"-Xewiiaven andSeafrrdâBeachy HeadâAn Atlemiit to Scale it-A Wrec
. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. OUIl SOUTH COASTS â¢.I::.) V. I. ^^;!|i' SOVTHAMl'TON. CIlAPTEll XXI. ta Sketches of South Coasts. Southampton: its AntiiniityâKxtcnsivo CommerceâGreat Port for Leading Steamship LinesâVagaries of a Itiinnway SteamerâThe isle of WiglitâTerrible Lost of the fiiov/rfiCf Finding of the Conrl-martial-liaising Her from the Uottomâ"London by the Seaside"-Xewiiaven andSeafrrdâBeachy HeadâAn Atlemiit to Scale it-A Wreck tlicre Knowledge Useful on an KmergencyâSaved by Samphire - The (_'oast-gnar<l; I'asl and I'roscnt 'I'hcir Compara- tively Pleasant Lot To-dayâThe Coast-guard in the Smuggler DaysâSymi)athics of the Country against them. SouTHAiii'TOX, one of the most important towns in the Soutli of England, is a place of â¢â¢â roal iiutiquity, having been in existence prior to the Conquest, while many Roman remains are to be found in its neighbourhood. What schoolboy is not familiar with the story of King Canute and his courtiers, who flattered their royal master that even the winds and waves would do his bidding ? The Danish monarch was made of too stern material to believe such nonsense; and to convince his fawning courtiers that he did not possess attributes wlii<'h belong to the Creator alone, he is said to have seated himself by the seaside, and in a loud voice commanded the waves to stay. But the tlcecy billows obeyed him not, ai-d in due course reached the feet of the king and his olisequious court. The spijt ii])i)n which this memorable circumstance occurred is still pointed out in the neighbourhdnd of Southampton. Nearly surrounding the town remains of the ancient buttresses and towers of the wall which once environed it are still to be seen; while on the western shore the old Water-gate, from which the merchants embarked, still ^. In the old Domesda
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