124 DAYS STOLEN FOR SPORT 



a fairly large village, whose chief attraction is its church, 

 around which are buried the victims, many hundreds 

 in number, of this treacherous coast. A small slate 

 slab denotes the spot where a hundred and twenty 

 were buried who lost their lives in the wTeck of the ship 

 John. Within the church is a marble slab which gives 

 the names of the officers that were drowned when the 

 transport ship Dispatch was lost, and below their 

 names are stirring lines which tell how by the cruel 

 irony of Fate these brave young fellows, the perils 

 of war, in a distant land, all safely passed, were over- 

 whelmed in sight of home. The most conspicuous 

 monument in the churchyard is a granite cross above 

 the Mohegan grave, in which are buried many of the 

 victims of the disaster to that emigrant vessel. It was 

 on the occasion of the loss of this ship that the men of 

 Porthoustock fought so bravely and so well to save hfe, 

 and succeeded in bringing forty-four safely to land 

 while the ship's boats were all broken against rocks 

 and their occupants lost. I am ready — who is not? — 

 to raise my hat to the brave men who will leave their 

 beds while a midnight storm is raging and go out 

 amongst the Manacles. 



That we managed to have a happy, health-giving 

 time in this little, old-world spot was possibly in some 

 measure due to the fact that most of us had learned 

 that :— 



From our own selves our joys must flow, 

 And that dear hut, our home. 



We had each brought with us what constitutes 

 our home, and their presence made us joyful with a 

 reasoned joy that fitted in well with the atmosphere 

 of our surroundings and asked for nothing more. 



Fishing there was in plenty, but not only fishing. 

 .W'e could find pleasure in our picnics on the moor, 

 so high above the sea that cooling breezes reached 

 us blow whence they would. We drove to pretty 



