The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . , subjectto every kind of annoyance to the besieged. The keepstands upon the area of the rock, having an open spacearound. It had no chimney, but the fires were made inthe middle of a large room, the floor of which was ofstone, supported by arches; and the light was admitted bya window near its top, three feet square. All the otherrooms were lighted by loop-holes. Within the keep is adraw well of good water, one hundred and forty-five feetdeep, cut through the solid rock. This well w
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . , subjectto every kind of annoyance to the besieged. The keepstands upon the area of the rock, having an open spacearound. It had no chimney, but the fires were made inthe middle of a large room, the floor of which was ofstone, supported by arches; and the light was admitted bya window near its top, three feet square. All the otherrooms were lighted by loop-holes. Within the keep is adraw well of good water, one hundred and forty-five feetdeep, cut through the solid rock. This well was discoveredin 1770, when the cellar was cleared of sand and remains of the chapel were also found. The chancelis separated from the nave; and, after the Saxon manner, GRACE DARLING S EARLY IMPRESSIONS. 201 semicircular at the east end. The ancient font was alsofound. The venerable pile is devoted to purposes of the mostextensive and practical benevolence. A large school-roomis fitted up for educating the boys of the neighborhood, freeof expense; and another for the girls. In this school Grace. A View of Bamborough Castle.* Darling received her education ; and the scenes which occa-sionally took place at the castle, during storms, were wellcalculated to arouse the mind of a child — the signal gunsof distress, which, on those occasions, thundered fromthe lofty battlements, and shook the massive walls of theschool-room ; the rapid arrival of the neighboring inhab- This is a correct view of the Castle, drawn from .nature, by that cele-brated artist, the late William Daniel, Esq., Pt. A. 202 AN ACCOUNT OF BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. itaiits for the life-boat and apparatus for communicatingwith wrecked vessels; their departure for the place ofdistress, and return with the shivering and half-naked sur-vivor, or the lifeless form of the drowned mariner. Amidthese scenes the youthful mind of Grace imbibed those com-passionate and heroic feelings, which afterwards promptedher to p
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