Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. sor n. 0- Ptiin SCENERY ? in. nil lr r. ASSOCIATIONS ? tTEAM PACKET COMPANIES HIOH-STBEET AMERICAN VICE-CONSUL, MR. COX DOCKS STEAMERS BEV. THOMAS ADKINg ABRIVE IN LONDON QUEEN'S DBAWING-HOOM OBJECTS OF CURIOSITY, ETC. HYDE PAHK KENSINGTON Garden's ? Regent's Pabk ? Visits To Westminster Andotii- EB PUBLIC PLACES WINDSOR HAMPTON COURT BRISTOL CLIFTON AND VICINAGE TINTERN HENBURT AND COTTAGES LOCAL SCENERY ? BERKELEY CASTLE ? GLOUCESTER ? CHELTENHAM ? ENGLISH COONTBT SCENERY. It was one of England's most joyous, brilliant mornings, when we woke up and gazed out upon as richly cultivated a landscape as the southern coast of Britain can present. Directly before us lay the ancient town of Southampton, which is situated upon a promontory, formed by the confluence of the small rivers Test and Itchen. A gradual ascent leads towards the north. The tide flows to some distance above the town, and the noble estuary, known as the Southampton-water, extends several miles below, and affords convenient anchorage to shipping at all states of the tide, while the charming Isle of Wight constitutes an immense breakwater, and protects it from the rage of ocean storms. The salubrity of this region has established its reputation as a watering-place; and the climate being so mild and dry, it has been a popular resort for invalids afflicted with pulmonic affections. Very numerous instances of benefit to those who have suffered from bronchial irritation are reported. It is a matter of notoriety that all epidemics have assumed a milder form in this vicinity than in most other places. Dr. Granville, in his capital work on the Spas of England, awards high commendation to this town as a resort 34 SCENERY ? HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS. for the weak, and speaks of its gr...