The Monthly Christian Spectator. 1851-1859 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...way, behind which chambers had been cut in the rock, into one of which Herbert had followed the child by the remains of a spiral stair almost choked up with rubbish. The castle itself, which had stood on the top, had mouldered away, leaving only the appearance of a rugged and broken surface. By this time they were near the opposite side, and Herbert looked up with dread at the great cliffs that sprung perpendicularly out of the water, which rose and sank slowly and heavily, with an appearance of immense depth, against their front. Their jagged sides had great holes, into which the sea rushed--far into the dark--with a muffled roar; and large protuberances of rock black and threatening. Numberless shadows lay on their faces; and here and there from the top trickled little streams downwards into the waves, and made part of the depth of the great sea. They passed through a natural arch in a projecting rock, lofty and narrow, called the Devil's Bridge, and turning the promontory, were soon arrested by the stones of the beach, and found themselves, in a few minutes, again on dry land. After visiting some small cottages whose inhabitants were tenants of the captain, in which visitation Herbert and his friend accompanied him, they all returned to the little village-inn, where the captain ordered some dinner. After dinner the two men had their tumbler of grog, of which Herbert declined partaking. While they drank it, they talked of sea stories, old and new; telling many a tale to which their young friend was a delighted listener. His evident interest and intelligence pleased them much, and they told several stories for his especial benefit, about the Flying Dutchman and other marine spectres. They taught him a sure way of finding out whether a man were really a sai...