. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE. [No. 89. Vol. VIII.] SEPTEMBER, 1880. [Published Monthly.] (flfoftflfrial, Itoitus, tfcc, THE BEE TENT IN IRELAND. On Wednesday, the 4th ultimo, the Tent of the British Bee-keepers' Association was entrusted to the care of the London and South-Western Railway Company in London for transport to Clonmel Show- yard, on the distinct understanding, as expressed on the address label, that it should be delivered at : the latter place on Monday, the 9th, to be in good | time for the Show, which had been fixed for the I 11th, 12th, and 13th of
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE. [No. 89. Vol. VIII.] SEPTEMBER, 1880. [Published Monthly.] (flfoftflfrial, Itoitus, tfcc, THE BEE TENT IN IRELAND. On Wednesday, the 4th ultimo, the Tent of the British Bee-keepers' Association was entrusted to the care of the London and South-Western Railway Company in London for transport to Clonmel Show- yard, on the distinct understanding, as expressed on the address label, that it should be delivered at : the latter place on Monday, the 9th, to be in good | time for the Show, which had been fixed for the I 11th, 12th, and 13th of that month. In perfect I confidence that the arrangements were complete, ' Messrs. Abbott and Carr, as representatives of the I British Bee-keepers' Association, accompanied by Mr. Timberlake, who was to take charge of the Tent, started for Ireland on the 7th, vid Bristol, and arrived at Waterford on the evening of the 8th (Sunday). The journey to Bristol was performed in a cease- less downpour of rain, which continued until the vessel, the steamship Reginald, started at a quarter past seven , when the wind arose and blew a hurricane such as had not been known in the summer season for many years, as testified by Captain Bunns and his chief mate ; and the passen- gers in consequence were exceedingly discomfited. The passage occupied 21i hours, and but for the weather would have been most enjoyable. The cabin arrangements were perfect, but the steerage was simply abominable from the smell of cattle and the deodorisers (1) used for sanitary purposes; and the poor fellows with their wives and families, who for their own comfort (V) had stowed themselves amidship in the cattle pens, suffered terribly. The scenery on both sides (leaving Bristol) is magnifi- cent, and but for the smoke of the tug which towed the ship out of harbour, was an unmitigated source of pleasure ; but when cast off, and the ship reached the open sea, the faces of the majority of the passengers paled consi
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