. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . tless merchantmen and steamers at rest or in motion ; Stad-don Heights, crested by a great fortification, and dotted with thewhite tents of some camp of instruction ; and Drakes Island,between which and the mainland lies a fleet of yachts, whilebeyond it the grey mass of the old Citadel and the Hoe recallancient glories. The whole scene is enlivened by constant move-ment : if you are fortunate, a great battleship — perhaps theMagnificent—may pass majestically in or out, within easy hailingdistance, or a torpedo boat flash past at lightni
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . tless merchantmen and steamers at rest or in motion ; Stad-don Heights, crested by a great fortification, and dotted with thewhite tents of some camp of instruction ; and Drakes Island,between which and the mainland lies a fleet of yachts, whilebeyond it the grey mass of the old Citadel and the Hoe recallancient glories. The whole scene is enlivened by constant move-ment : if you are fortunate, a great battleship — perhaps theMagnificent—may pass majestically in or out, within easy hailingdistance, or a torpedo boat flash past at lightning speed ; excur-sion steamers, gay with bunting and crowded with trippers,hurry by, the sound of their noisy bands mellowed by theintervening water; the boys training brigs, with all sail set,creep across the Sound, endeavouring to reach their anchoragefor the night before the breeze has completely died away, andenvying the racing yachts, down to the little half-raters, whosegreat sails seem to waft them along over the tide without abreath of THE OLD HALL OR SALOON, MOUNT EDQCUMBE HOUSE 159 flDount ]£c>GCiimbe 161 Then there are red-sailed Plymouth trawlers or Mounts Bayluggers drifting on as best they can, and boats—boats withoutend ! Racing cutters from the training ships, practising for theRegatta, their eager coxswains bending themselves double toeach stroke of the oars ; officers of the garrison in canoes or four-oared gigs ; men and boys, women and girls, sailing, rowing,splashing, laughing, and talking as only West-country folk cantalk,—the whole population seems to have taken to the water! And young Tommy Atkins, freshly recruited from some Mid-land village, even he must be aquatic ; and certainly a specialProvidence watches over him. In his red jacket, which contrastsbrilliantly with his green boat (for he generally hires a greenboat), he stands up, jumps about, playfully rocks from side toside, hoists a sail, makes the sheet fast and sits on the lee
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