Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
22 - A Survey of London
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- 21 A Survey of Britain
- 22 A Survey of London
- 23 A Record of London, 1
- 24 A Record of London, 2
- 25 A Record of London, 3
- 26 A Record of Liverpool, 1
- 27 A Record of Liverpool, 2
- 28 A Record of Manchester, 1
- 29 A Record of Manchester, 2
- 30 A Record of Glasgow
- 31 A Record of Edinburgh
- 32 A Tour of the Highlands
- 33 A Record of Newcastle, 1
- 34 A Record of Newcastle, 2
- 35 A Record of Bradford
- 36 A Record of Sheffield
- 37 A Record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- 38 A Record of Birmingham
- 39 A Record of Cheshire
- 40 A Record of London, 4
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
Summary
August 16th, 1872. Cloudy; rain.
At one o'clock in the afternoon we passed the Fastnet Light on the coast of Ireland, and at two arrived off the port of Queenstown [now Cobh]. It was so named because the present queen landed there when she toured Ireland twenty years ago. The harbour was a small bay encircled by hills. Today it was raining and there was a heavy swell. We did not enter the harbour, therefore, but hove to at the mouth of the bay to allow some of the passengers to go ashore by boat. We then got under way again. After nightfall we sailed through St. George's Channel, which lies between Ireland and England.
August 17th. Fine; light breeze.
During the morning we sailed along the coast of the region called Wales. Wales is described as a mountainous area of Britain. Ranges of hills sweep down to the sea, and some high peaks could be seen among them. Today, the wind having died down, the sea was like a millpond. All the way to Liverpool nothing lay ahead but the smooth and boundless sea, with not a glimpse of a single hill on the horizon.
Our official host, General [George Gardiner] Alexander, and the interpreter, Mr. [William George] Aston, had come to Liverpool to welcome us on behalf of the British government and were awaiting us aboard a small steamboat anchored in the estuary of the river Mersey.
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